Incidentally, in order for the Oslo agreements - which deserve better than the comments we have just heard - to be negotiated and signed, it was necessary for Palestinians and Israelis to meet in secret, using the Madrid process to escape the generous but inconvenient supervision of the United States.
For at Osloaftalerne, der fortjener bedre end den kommentar, vi lige har hørt, kunne forhandles og undertegnes, var det for øvrigt nødvendigt, at palæstinensere og israelere mødtes igen i hemmelighed uden for det gavmilde, men også besværlige formynderskab fra De Forenede Stater gennem Madrid-processen.