But Aaron David Miller, who spent two decades as a Middle East negotiator and has written a book, “The Much Too Promised Land,” about his experiences, said he did not expect this week’s White House meetings to produce much. "The main event in the Arab-Israeli peace process is not right now an American story ... It is a story about two politicians, Abbas and Olmert, who for their own reasons may see an interest in reaching an agreement. And it’s a story about torturous negotiations between Israel and Hamas, both of whom understand that it may be in their own interest right now for a temporary standoff." Meanwhile, the tiff between the administration and former President Jimmy Carter over his recent attempt to broker his own deal between Israel and Hamas continued Wednesday. Full Article at The New York Times