In late January, Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's departing ambassador to the United States, attended a Washington reception sponsored by several leading American Jewish organizations. The purpose of the meeting, according to a USA Today report, was "part of a strategy meant to undercut extremists and build momentum for a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking for the administration, supported the program claiming: "An Israeli-Palestinian peace deal would weaken militants such as Hamas..." Strange how our Saudi friends didn't feel it necessary to share their real agenda either with our Secretary of State or the American Jewish leaders. FULL STORY
