Neither the Israeli government nor its intimate ally in the White House can be expected to applaud the Iraq Study Group’s call for a repetition of that logic, for it contradicts everything the Bush administration has championed. The report’s recommendation for an international conference in the style of the Madrid peace conference is not only a timely indication of the linkage between the Israeli-Arab conflict and the region’s other troubles; it is also a long overdue reminder that bilateral negotiations between the parties can not produce an agreement.
不能指望以色列政府和其白宫里的亲密盟友会欢迎“伊拉克研究小组”重复这一逻辑的呼吁。因为它和布什政府所奉行的所有政策都相抵触。该报告建议仿效马德里和平会议的形式召开一次国际会议，这不仅适时地指出了阿以冲突和该地区其它问题之间的联系；它同时也在提醒我们注意一个早已不争的事实：双边谈判不能达成协议。这一认识促成了2002年的全阿拉伯和平计划。该计划设定了综合解决阿以问题的条件。