Palestinians End Talks In Cairo Without Deal

[Mosby]

CAIRO (Reuters) - Rival Palestinian factions ended talks in the Egyptian capital Monday without bridging internal rifts that have undermined prospects for peace negotiations with Israel, participants said.

Egypt's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, who has mediated for nearly a year now without visible success, had expressed frustration at the continuing impasse, they added.

"He told negotiators the world was not going to wait forever for them to unite and that as long as the Palestinians did not end their differences, the Palestinian cause and the peace process could be hampered," a Palestinian official told Reuters.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/05/18/world/international-uk-palestinians-egypt-unity.html?_r=1

[Sezu]

1. Who coulda predicted this? I'm SHOCKED I tell ya! n/t

[azurnoir]

2. I am sure that some here are thrilled to hear this

especially seeing that it was posted literally 5 minutes after it was posted on the NYT website hmmmm

[Mosby]

3. It's should not be terribly surprising to you

that these latest efforts have not yielded a positive result. The two state solution is never going to happen so long as Hamas is involved. I would think that's pretty self evident.

FWIW I read the NYT every day - it's a really good source for international news.