Middle East Peace a Distant, Fading Prospect
Spiegel Online presents here some views on this problem from Germany: Israel’s military incursion into the Gaza Strip may boost Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s standing among his countrymen, but it lessens already slim prospects for peace with the Palestinians. And Hamas’s political agreement with Fatah this week is more a desire to end the western aid freeze rather than a true commitment to recognize Israel.