[Deckard]

To my thinking, it's not so much that this dialogue represents an alternative route to peace; I honestly believe it is the only route. That political leaders in the US and Israel are unaware of this I find very hard to swallow - to the extent that, on occasion, I even find myself wondering if there's some kind of vested interest in maintaining conflict in the region.

And as you say BB, NI is an obvious analogy here. The fact that former IRA leader Martin McGuiness is now Deputy First Minister of NI, presiding over a remarkable peace, proves what can be achieved. But there has to be a starting point.