On March 19 the Quartet on the Middle East...

Life in the Middle East has not become any better. Arab teenagers are throwing stones at Israeli soldiers, a third intifada may start any time and the brightest hopes are giving way to disappointment.

Does it make sense for the Quartet to meet at all Even the United States was given a flick on the nose by Israel although the United States was considered the most active and the only influential player in the Middle East which, as it was considered until recently, could exert influence on Israel. But the recent events have disproved this.

Immediately after the United States received the Arab League"s agreement to the start of indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks, Israel announced its decision to build 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem. This decision, announced when U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden was touring the Middle East, made Palestinians and the rest of the Arab world see red.

The press published numerous articles about the unprecedented deterioration in

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