[madrussian]

You haven't really set forth just why the US should do any of that, and just what actions it is that the US should be twisting Israel's arm to agree to do.

Israelis are shrewd negotiators and know exactly how far America is ready to go with its pressure on Israel. You don't deny there is pressure to negotiate, do you? And that American demands are beyond what Israel is ready to do. Now, are you asking me whether American demands are reasonable, and why would America want to pressure Israel to accept American demands?

[Torie]

You can't type a responsive reply to anything to save your life it appears. Now you are moving on to yet another point that you assert that America is pushing to get Isreal to do something that it does not want to do at present. It is really quite amazing the ludicrous. Does a soul on FR take seriously anything you say, on either side?

As to your yet another question, since I do bother to respond on point, the answer is maybe I don't know. I doubt the US will ever push Israel much beyond what Barak offered, and Arafat rejected that flat out. So the bottom line is that even if Israel did exactly what the US wanted it to do, when it wanted it to do it, there still wouldn't be a deal. Get used to it.