Analysis: In Israel, nobody expects much from the White House's long-expected attempt at Mideast peace
with Sky News Arabia on Monday, announcing that the program’s political dimension would focus on “resolving the border issue.” Story Continued Below Trump’s senior advisor is certainly a persistent fellow, but his valiant effort invites comparison to Don Quixote dreaming the impossible dream in “The Man of La Mancha.” In fact, there is slight chance of gaining any significant traction toward Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation at the present time.
Mix in the always-protracted process of forming a governing coalition and the specter of Netanyahu’s potential indictment by the attorney-general – which both promise to consume the country’s entire bandwidth in the coming months – and by all accounts, there will be little appetite for compromise with the Palestinians. Additionally, internal chaos on the Palestinian side all but guarantees that Israelis will maintain that they have no partner for dialogue.
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