Bush is no fool. He recognizes better than any president in recent memory that the Palestinian Arabs do not desire peace—that they are, in fact, the world’s most ardent supporters of anti-Western terrorism. And Bush recognizes that the establishment of a fully operational terrorist state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza would have catastrophic consequences for both Israel and the United States.
So why did Bush abandon his principles and pressure Israel to appease its Islamist enemies? Because four days after Bush’s Israel visit, he visited Saudi Arabia and asked OPEC nations to boost their oil output…
The Israeli-Palestinian issue frustrates the Saudis in the same way the Jewish issue frustrated the Nazis. The Saudi Arabian government does not even recognize the existence of the State of Israel. Including the Saudis in negotiations regarding Israel is like including Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in negotiations regarding the rights of homosexuals in Iran. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2008/01/16/no_jews_for_oil