by Patrick Appel
Steinglass keeps hope alive:
[S]omething happened yesterday that, to my recollection, has never happened before, at least not with such clarity: in the midst of direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, a deadly attack took place, and rather than call off the talks, both sides resolved to keep going. In fact, they both explicitly characterised the attack as an attempt to sabotage the talks, and insisted they wouldn't be sidetracked.
FP's Middle East Channel has a number of helpful posts on talks. Said posts are summarized here.
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