Annapolis and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

[JJackson]

I may be a bit cynical but why should anyone expect any progress at a dispute between two parties when the host/mediator is the closest ally of one party and viewed by the other as an enemy? Isn’t it more usual to employ an honest broker who is not in either camp?

I had assumed this conference was to try and reward/elevate Abbas, at the expensive of Hamas, and try and persuade anyone - not paying too much attention - that we are being even handed.

I would love to be proved wrong and that Israel/US are trying to do something real to reduce the suffering of the Palestinians.