Just in the next few weeks? What's happened to that crucial for the last 60 years? I guess, nothing was too crucial then. Abdullah must live in holy fear that the entire WB ends up on the East Bank. Maybe he figures that as long as they talk they won't swim.

Palestinians by not dealing with it when the PLA tried to overthrow his government. Instead of putting the culprits into prison and keeping them there, King Hussein sent them to Lebanon where they were foolishly invited. The PLA caused a civil war there and nearly destroyed the country. The Pals then tried to destroy Israel and showed they cannot even get along with other PALS in Gaza. Lock up all the PALs and Hebbollah and Hamas and PLA and PA leaders and keep them in jail. THEN maybe there will be peace, without the PAL agitators causing the problems in Israel like they caused in other countries. Stop funding the PA and they will try to get along or move somewhere else. King Abdullah means well, but his father caused so many problems by not doing something long ago when the PALS were in Jordan.

make any difference at all! The same goons will be in power killing and maiming and life will go on, and off, for some and nothing will change because some people just don't want it

This is what Abdullah will get, just for being a good boy. - A possible free-trade deal between Canada and Jordan that could begin as early as next year. - Additional aid to Jordan in the areas of literacy, landmine clearance and local elections. - Abdullah was also reportedly seeking Canadian help in building two nuclear power plants in his country, one of the few Mideast countries with no oil or natural gas resources. (as reported by the CBC) All that in exchange for what? Why is it that Israel is always the one that has to make "gestures of good will" but not the Arab countries. Why not demand that Jordan open its borders to Palestinian immigration in exchange for any help from the West. Everyone should keep their eyes on Canada which has a history of selling their CANDU nuclear reactors to just about anyone who can pay for them.

If you have a simplistic view on life - fine. If you like the idea of "Lock up all the PALs and Hezbollah and Hamas and PLA and PA leaders" that is also fine. However it is not an achievable objective. If it is not do-able it's not an option. The only option is for Israel to stand firm.

Arabs don't want, can't make and won't maintain real peace. It's time to reverse Oslo and get rid of the carcass of the PA. It was conceived in sin and could never be viable. Now it's decomposing and becoming a growing health hazard. The only viable nation state of all Greater Eretz Yisrael Arabs is the Kingdom of Jordan. Israel and Jordan should agree on the border between them in Judea and Samaria and maybe cede Gaza to Egypt that would sort it out in a few days. In the case of Syria 'land for peace' is both immoral and unworkable. Syria had used the Golan to threaten, pester and attack Israel before we took it in self defence. It would be idiotic to concede any part of the Golan in response to Syria's war threats. The more serious the threats the more Israel need the Golan for our security. To really move toward peace Syria should offer, accept and be satisfied with 'painful' territorial compromise. Otherwise Syria demonstrate that they are trying to break out of their international isolation and regain the Golan without 'giving' anything tangible, least of all real peace.

people, MaoTse Tung locked up 72 million people, Americans herded hundred of thousands of Indians onto reservations, East Indian Moslem and Hindus separated into different territories, US President Eisenhower deported theillegals in America en masse in the 1950's, there is a gulag archipelago in America under the Rex 84 law for detaining those the government decides to detain. Yes, it is do-able. To prevent the PALS from precipitating a world war by causing all the nations of the earth to come against Israel which will result in the armies of all those nations being destroyed at Armageddon...I would have to say it is an option, as is dispersing Palestinians throughout the Moslem world like the ancient Romans dispersed the Jews.

The Arab League is most likely responsible for all the longstanding conflicts in the ME.They urgently need to officially recognize Israel ! Israel is there to stay ! And the western democracies dependence on oil hasn't changed.Both this "powerestalishments" are more comfortable blaming and pressuring Israel.The Arab nations don't wish to be left with the responsibility for the Palestinian people.