There is a great deal of speculation around regarding what President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu will say to each other when they finally meet on May 17. In fact, no one in the media really knows. Netanyahu has not released his foreign policy plans vis-à-vis the Palestinians. Obama’s team hasn’t yet finished their homework and has not released any details of what their plans are.

After 16 years of Israeli-Palestinian bilateral negotiations for peace there is a growing realisation that there is very little likelihood of a bilateral Israeli-Palestinian negotiated agreement. This realisation seems equally evident in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Brussels, Moscow and now in Washington.