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Apparently the guest list to the Annapolis Conference has been expanded. After all, somebody is bound to show up:

The following countries and groups have been invited:

Algeria
Arab League Secretary General
Bahrain
Brazil
Canada
China
Egypt
EU Commission
EU High Rep
EU Pres Portugal
France
Germany
Greece
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Lebanon
Malaysia
Mauritania
Morocco
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Poland
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Syria
Quartet Special Envoy Tony Blair
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
UNSYG
Yemen

Observers:
IMF
World Bank

They may as well hold the thing at the UN at this point. Arabs and their friends will be there, but what about Israel?

Syria and Lebanon are both invited--while they're at it, will this august group insist that these two iron out the timetable for the complete withdrawal of the Syrian presence from Lebanon, and maybe even get Syria to agree to stop assassinating Lebanese leaders? Odd that Rice sees this conference as a way to isolate Hamas and they turns around and invites Syria who plays host to Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal.

Is there anything about this Annapolis summit that is not designed to put pressure on Israel alone?

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