An Italian philosopher once remarked that moments when "the old is dying and the new cannot be born" are marked by a "great variety of morbid symptoms". Watching the machinations of the Obama Administration and its allies, the Palestinian leadership and its rivals, and the Israeli government ahead of a planned U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood in September, it appears that which is dying in the Middle East is the peace process. As for the unborn "new" -- well, none of the players appears to have the foggiest idea what comes after the peace process. And the morbid symptoms? Those are plain to see: All of the main players are pursuing strategies incapable of yielding their desired results, yet none appears to have anything resembling a Plan B.
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