Well, that was something. Netanyahu and Abbas met today for a while, and then agreed to meet in a couple of weeks for a while. We’ll have to wait for leaks and the like to know what happened at the meeting and what the dynamics were and whether each side came with something that will give sub-negotiators something to chew over and wrestle with in the weeks to come, but I’ll hazard a guess here: What happened was nothing. Obama wanted a meeting. Bibi wanted to keep Obama happy. Abbas had nothing to do anyway and maybe by hugging the Americans he can hang onto power by his toenails even though his elected term ended more than a year and a half ago. So they said they would discuss peace and they used the word peace and they got their pretty peaceful photographs and Obama talked about peace and Hillary talked about peace and George Mitchell got himself a little bone of peace and…

I mean, come on.