WOLFENSOHN: THE SHOW MUST NOT GO ON. James D. Wolfensohn, former president of the World Bank was interviewed in Ha'aretz:

There has to be a moment when Israelis and Palestinians understand that they are a sideshow," Wolfensohn continues. "The real global politics is the politics of war and the politics of nuclear weaponry and the weight of the population. In the Western press the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gets a lot of coverage, but you should see the press in the developing countries, as I did when I visited more than 140 countries: It's not such a big deal there. I don't see any way to argue that Israel's position is improving.

...But Israelis and Palestinians really should get over thinking that they're a show on Broadway. They are a show in the Village, off-off-off-off Broadway.

Mr. Wolfensohn has apparently never heard of The Fantastiks.

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