The U.S. failure in the Israeli=Palestinian negotiations

The U.S. can't fail in negotiating a treaty between the Palestinians and Israel. It is only the intermediary - the helper in the negotiations. It is Israel and the Palestinians who have failed. Israel has offerred to negotiate, but the Palestinians insist that all of the West Bank belongs to them, that East Jerusalem belongs to them, that complete repatriation of their displaced persons is necessary, and that the objective to destroy Israel is to remain in their constitution. The Palestinians know that Israel cannot and will not consent to these requests. So, it is the Palestinians who have failed and caused the negotiations to fail. Strangely enough, Israel gains by this as it will continue to claim more and more of the disputed territory, and offer less and less of it for a very questionable peace agreement