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</html><description>I mentioned earlier this week Bernard Avishai&#x2019;s piece on the almost-nearly-but-not-quite peace deal Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas all but consummated in 2008. Read the whole thing. Weigh it in light of what Avishai (and others, including your current absolutely non-expert correspondent) think is a last-best-hope raised by the Egyptian political earthquake. Pay particular attention &hellip;</description><thumbnail_url>https://balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Giaquinto_Corrado_-_Justice_and_Peace_-_18th_century-1024x640.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>
