Who'll impose what on whom?

摘要

Normanlly, Arab leaders like big get-togethers. And some have long argued for the kind of conference that America has been sort-of proposing to tackle the Middle Eastern mess. But trust in the superpower has sunk so low, and anger with Israel has scaled such heights, that even America's best Arab friends are now wary. Although Israel's neighbours have been badly shaken, economically and politically, by the violence next door, they are in unwonted agreement that what is needed now is not soothing talk, but determined action. The only point of a conference, as they see it, should be to begin imposing a solution to the Middle Eastern conflict. This would be based on the land-for-peace formula accepted, not just by all 22 Arab states, but by virtually the entire international community, including Israel's own beleaguered peace camp.