Got your attention, didn't I? Well, Aaron Lerner got mine in the same way. Read his piece on the Quartet double cross at Israel Insider.
"The Quartet welcomed the efforts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to form a government of national unity, in the hope that the platform of such a government would reflect Quartet principles and allow for early engagement." Statement of the Quartet - 20 September 2006
Fiasco.Without any advance warning, the United States, through the Quartet, radically changed its position on Palestinian compliance.
The Quartet no longer requires Palestinian compliance. It only "hopes" for it.
In the days leading up to this shocking development, foreign minister Tzipi Livni held meetings with literally every important American official -- including President Bush and Secretary of State Rice. But despite these meetings Livni apparently had no idea that this dramatic policy change was in the works.
This morning the domestic spin, as presented by Minister Ronnie Bar-On in an interview on Israel Radio, was to deny that anything happened....
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