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Was it only two months ago that President Obama launched Middle East peace talks to create a Palestinian state, at a White House ceremony in the presence of the president of Egypt and the king of Jordan?

I was prepared to give the Israeli prime minister and the Palestinian president the benefit of the doubt, given the official fanfare around the resumption of direct talks between the Israelis and Palestinians for the first time in nearly two years. The fact that the wily Sen. George Mitchell, with his previous experience in the Middle East as well as leading the Northern Ireland talks, was shepherding the process gave more grounds for comfort.

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