The very fact that the Israeli Prime Minister...
more than a year ago will hardly be successful until the next elections. The most the international community can do is keep avenues of negotiation open for the parties to use during the next thaw without losing face.This is precisely what Russia has been doing by graciously agreeing to listen to both versions (which are completely opposite, of course) of the events in Gaza and the West Bank. And when meeting with the Palestinian and Israeli leaders, Russian politicians and diplomats have not tried to lecture any of the conflicting sides, whether that be Israel, the Palestinian National Authority or Hamas, which forcibly took control of Gaza after winning the 2007 elections.
As for the U.S., Washington during the Bush years had far reaching plans for the region, unlike Moscow. But what did these plans lead to? Citing sources close to the former U.S. Secretary of State, the New York Times reported that when Condoleezza Rice learned from the news on television that
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