"... The peace process grew into a bureaucracy. The less the process accomplished, the bigger the bureaucracy grew..."

POLITICO/ here

"... It all began as an indispensable and timely idea. A history-making, taboo-shattering path paved with the greatest of intentions by the best and the brightest on all sides. ...

But since the conflict was multifaceted, it required a process built on gradualism and modalities. Israelis and Palestinians would negotiate through Washington, which acted as mediator and facilitator.

The process inevitably grew into a bureaucracy. The less the process accomplished, the bigger the bureaucracy grew. It turned into an industry, with all the recognizable attributes: executives, strategists, tacticians, analysts, designers, experts, workers, lobbyists, public relations people, industry-media and investors — the works.

It was intoxicating and consuming. Hundreds of diplomats, ex-generals and politicians in the Middle East, the United States and around the world devoted careers to it. ...

Except for one small thing: There was no product.

The industry became all about the process. The process now floats aimlessly between being a maintenance tool, designed to prevent hostilities, and a colossal exercise in futility that precipitates violence. ...It tells us that constantly saying the term “process,” in all its iterations, has become an excuse for indecision and a substitute for policy. It is time to seriously revisit the premises that the process was built on. ...

Israel and the Palestinians have inexorably developed a paralyzing sense of “zero-sum justice.” ...The tragedy is that both know what needs to be done.

Obama should say so.