Middle East
President Abbas and Peace Talks
Making peace between Israelis and Palestinians is somewhat like solving a Rubik s Cube. You get one colored square lined up but the next one just won t fall into place. So it is now. After three months of American-mediated proximity talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has agreed to direct negotiations on a two-state solution; the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, is stubbornly resisting. It is time for him to talk.