#David G

Maybe the number of posts has lessened because what I have been predicting for years has indeed happened - the collapse of the so-called "two state solution".

The creation of a second Arab State in former Palestine in addition to Jordan - as repeatedly suggested by me - has indeed not come to fruition after twenty years of fruitless negotiations conducted under the Oslo Accords, the Bush Roadmap and the letter from President Bush to Ariel Sharon dated 14 April 2004.

I know what a shock this must be to those who continually chose to ignore this message - preferring every opportunity to insult and deride the messenger

Hopefully the number of your responses to my future articles will be nil .

Yes David G. - Justice then will really have been achieved and I will be encouraged to know that all you petulant posters are starting to listen and have the decency to at least accept the soundness of the opinions that I express -rather than you all ranting and raving without regard to anything I have actually written.

Trying to silence me and deny me the right to freedom of speech on OLO has done you no credit.

Ultimately my analysis has proved correct - whereas others who were predicting the inevitability of the two state solution have ended up with their reputations and political judgement irreparably tarnished.

There is still another two state solution waiting in the wings - Israel sovereign in about 20% of former Palestine and Jordan sovereign in about the remaining 80%.

When Jordan and the Quartet focus their attention on this solution - perhaps we might start to see some light at the end of the tunnel that leads to an end of the 130 years old conflict between Arabs and Jews - based this time on the San Remo Conference, the Mandate for Palestine, article 80 of the United Nations Charter ans Security Council Resolution 242 and not the wholly contrived and artificially dreamed up Oslo Accords and Bush Road Map