Two interesting articles. I do not choose to tell people here what to think, but perhaps reading them might lead to useful conversation. 8-{E http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071602737.html "Arabs Need to Talk to the Israelis By Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa Thursday, July 16, 2009; 8:36 PM We need fresh thinking if the Arab Peace Initiative is to have the impact it deserves on the crisis that needlessly impoverishes Palestinians and endangers Israel's security. "