[Ha'aretz] Aluf Benn - U.S. Secretary of State Rice wants to conclude her term of office with an Israeli-Palestinian agreement of principles, based on the "two-state solution." However, neither Israel nor the Palestinians want an agreement of principles at this time. In addition, any Israeli leader will have to understand the needs and constraints of a weakened America, which is reeling under a financial crisis and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and not burden the next president with a tiresome list of the threats facing Israel.
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