Dennis Ross, who had taken part in Israel-Palestine negotiations in the Clinton administration, appeared on C-Span this morning to discuss the upcoming Annapolis conference.
The first caller who addressed Ross asserted that "Palestinians had no right to any land" in the region, "did not belong there and should be driven out;" were never held accountable for their actions but were "infantilized" by Israel and the international community.
In 2004, in a statement to a Congressional committee upon his return from a visit to the West Bank, John Brady Kiesling said: "Moral infantilization has reached the point where ordinary Israelis do not see any connection between Palestinian violence and Israeli actions."
This diary contrasts two press events where two different groups, advancing two different narratives, presented their hopes and expectations of the Annapolis Conference. The two events took place on Nov. 20, 2007, the morning that the State Department announced the date and cast for the Annapolis Conference game.
(Kiesling's entire statement is quoted, below.
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