Peace in our time

Like so many, I was delighted when President Obama took office, and immediately began putting right the wrongs.
I'm so disappointed at the US stance on Israel "The United States will never abandon Israel". Under the Clinton administration, for a few short months, US appeared not to back Israel and they immediately began discussing peace. The Israeli government and people are not fools - they will attack if they think they can get away with it (big bad George or Dubya to make sure nobody retaliates) but they will live in harmony if they don't think they can. Lets hope Sen Mitchell can broker a deal that works, though i don't see a return to pre 1967 borders imminent [this is a personal opinion and is not necessarily the opinion of Christian Aid, who usually shy away from expressing a political opinion]