E.U. AND PALIS WANT IT ALL

THE E.U. AND THE P.A. DON'T WANT A ROAD MAP WITH CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES OR REQUIREMENTS THAT PALESTINIANS STOP (OR EVEN RENOUNCE) TERRORISM OR CEASE INCITEMENT OR RECOGNIZE ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST BEFORE ISRAEL IS REQUIRED TO TAKE STEPS. (EVEN THOUGH, NEGOTIATING AGAINST ITSELF, ISRAEL HAS ALREADY WITHDRAWN FROM GAZA AND GIVEN CASH AND WEAPONS TO THE P.A.).

EU’s Solana favors jump to ‘endgame’ in Middle East.
CAIRO (Reuters) - The European Union joined Egypt, Jordan and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday in suggesting that Middle East peace talks move straight to the disputes at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

For the past few years, peace attempts such as the “road map” of 2003 have concentrated on small confidence-building measures, leaving aside bigger questions such as the status of Jerusalem, the borders of a Palestinian state and refugees.

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana also said a meeting of the Quartet of Middle East mediators in February would try to find ways to ensure progress toward peace before the summer.

“What we would like to do with our friends is to know what is the endgame — once we have the endgame, to know really how we can get there,” Solana told a news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit.

WHY DOESN'T SOLANA CALL IT WHAT IT IS: NOT AN "ENDGAME," BUT A "FINAL SOLUTION"?