Spiegel Online reports: "On Monday the Times of London quoted Jordan's King Abdullah as saying that the US is planning to promote a peace plan for the Middle East that involves a '57-state solution' in which the entire Muslim world would recognize Israel."
Comment: This news report details the many ways that the Obama policy on seeking Mideast peace is very different than the Bush policy and is pointed about saying the policy can be described as distancing the U.S. from Israel so as to be a better broker of peace. That idea is disturbing because of the moral relativism implied in brokering between the two sides - a democratic ally and armed factions attacking that ally - but the above quoted text is really the most important part to highlight for our purposes. A peace process most people normally associate with talks between just Israel and the Palestinians is being enlarged to encompass 57 countries. Yes, that many countries. Of course, the Bush plan at the Annapolis Conference also involved many countries, so perhaps it's not true that this represents a great change in number, but perhaps it does in vision, if the U.S. is on the verge of breaking faith with Israel. Of course, peace is always a noble goal, but not if it means capitulating to evil to achieve it. Any peace that forces Israel to accept the legitimacy of Hamas (which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel) would be a betrayal, and I, for one, sincerely hope that the U.S. does not intend to force Israel into such an ignoble peace. Sadly, the U.S. seems to be on that course.
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