The long sham

Just another act of the "the most spectacular deception in modern diplomatic history" that is the Middle East peace process. Siegman ends this piece optimistically:

If the US and its allies were to take a stand forceful enough to persuade Israel that it will not be allowed to make changes to the pre-1967 situation except by agreement with the Palestinians in permanent status negotiations, there would be no need for complicated peace formulas or celebrity mediators to get a peace process underway. The only thing that an envoy such as Blair can do to put the peace process back on track is to speak the truth about the real impediment to peace. This would also be a historic contribution to the Jewish state, since Israel’s only hope of real long-term security is to have a successful Palestinian state as its neighbour.

But this will only happen if, a) the neoconservatives are dethroned and b) American Jews act.