TO PROVE HIS SINCERITY, BUSH HAS TO SEND THE PEACE KEEPING TROOPS TO
PALESTINE, JUST LIKE HE DID IN BOSNIA AND KOSOVA, NOT JUST SHOOT HIST TRAP
OFF

Column One: American folly
By CAROLINE GLICK Recent columns

The mood is dark in the IDF's General Staff ahead of next week's "peace"
conference in Annapolis. As one senior officer directly involved in the
negotiations with the Palestinians and the Americans said, "As bad as it
might look from the outside, the truth is 10 times worse. This is a
nightmare. The Americans have never been so hostile."

On Thursday a draft of the joint statement that Israeli and Palestinian
negotiators are discussing ahead of the conference was leaked to the media.
A reading of the document bears out the IDF's concerns.

The draft document shows that the Palestinians and the Israelis differ not
only on every issue, but differ on the purpose of the document. It also
shows that the US firmly backs the Palestinians against Israel.