• The goal is to ensure that Annapolis is not treated as a one-time photo opportunity but as what the people demand: a systematic, ongoing, uninterrupted process, with professional negotiation teams committed exclusively to the completion of a comprehensive agreement between the Israeli and Palestinian Heads of State for a  two state solution that will bring about a viable Palestinian State within the context of a permanent peace agreement with Israel.

Annapolis Predictions:

• The only thing one can predict in the Middle East is the unpredictability of events;
• many are trying to lower expectations about Annapolis, and it is said that the leaders were unable to draft a joint statement to read at the end, but a positive statement from President Bush could set the process on the right course, and what is imperative is that the leaders COMMIT TO AN ONGOING PROCESS AND TO TRY TO CRAFT AN AGREEMENT WITHIN A YEAR

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