The Saudi Plan
I know that some national papers do read Stratfor. I would like if someone would dispatch one of their top reporters to take this quote to the relevant parties to get reaction as well as do a comprehensive analysis of the quote's meaning historically and currently:

• "The tragic reality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that it has nothing to do with lack of good will or of creative diplomacy. The essential problem is that the Palestinians can never have what their nationalism requires within the confines of post-1948 geography, nor can Israelis be secure within those borders. The only possible compromise is geopolitically impossible.
  
  Saudi leaders know this. They know that they cannot deliver the Arab world and also that it doesn't matter, since at the final moment, as has happened before, neither side can take the deal being offered and live with it. Riyadh also understands fully that neither the United States nor Europe has grasped that fact -- believing that with more good will and a more creative negotiating framework, all will be well."

- posted by levinson @ 3/05/2002 12:59:00 PM