IMPOSING STATEHOOD, AT LAST:

Border talks exclude Palestinians (Barbara Slavin, 2/17/04,USA TODAY)

For the first time in a half-century of Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel is negotiating its boundaries not with its adversaries but with its longtime ally, the United States, according to Israeli, Palestinian and former U.S. officials.

The parties that matter are there.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 17, 2004 11:21 PM