Why peace in the Middle-East have better chance now than in a long time… It is my belief that the element needed to realize peace in the Middle-East is a strong enough desire by the sitting US President to make it come through.

We have now come to a time where it is more important than ever for President George W. Bush to show results in his foreign policy and the war on terror. The European community, including Great Britain, has put a strong pressure on Mr. Bush to put the needed pressure on Israel to get the occupation of Palestine resolved in a peaceful manner. Getting this resolved would give the President a lot of good-will domestically and abroad. The President that resolved the Middle-East conflict will most certainly go down as one of the best presidents ever in the history books.

No sitting President that wants to be re-elected would dear go against the US Jewish lobby. It is my understanding that the Jewish lobby is so strong in American politics that it would be almost impossible for a President to be elected with the Jewish lobby against him. The foremost goal of the Jewish lobby is to see a strong Israel; hence they will always be on Israel’s side in any conflict. This is causing Presidents sitting in their first period to be very careful about how they deal with Israel. I would suppose that Israel knows how to use this to be able to keep the US in line with what they find to be in their best interest. President Bush can worry less about the Jewish lobby in this term, as he is not able to be re-elected after his second term.

The decease of President Arafat has taken away some of the “excuse” that Mr. Bush had for not directly involving himself in negotiations between Palestine and Israel. The newly elected President Mahmoud Abbas is a much more acceptable party to negotiate with.

All we can do now is cross our fingers and hope that President Bush will is strong enough and that Foreign Minister Dr. Condoleezza Rice is smart enough for the job. Rumors has it that she is not the person to underestimate; yet most people are likely to do so solely based on her achievements as adviser for the President in his first term.