israeli political opinion that think that the palestinian problem is unresolvable. that s one aspect of it. actually, it doesn t help israel to be isolated like this. it doesn t help israel to have american leaders disengaged. you know, you have to go back to the bush administration. i suspect we all know who the secretaries of state he s been talking to are, they re republicans. the last republican secretary of state, condoleezza rice, believed that peace was within reach, and president bush needed to do more. they could have achieved more to achieve a real peace there. whether or not that s real, engagement makes a difference. two months after the fund ra razor, razor, he visited and said he was hopeful for a peaceful resolution. he believes in a two-state solution, which suggests two states including a jewish state. that s not what he told his donors. are we to believe that or is