You don't want to drive drunk, you don't want to dive drunk, so that's a real big problem.

Indeed, Israel is now in a strategic trap, owing not only to the Arab Spring, but also to its own diplomatic blunders, particularly the disintegration of its alliance with Turkey.

Such initiatives should not become bogged down in tortuous negotiations, but should focus on implementing the basic principles for a two state solution, along the lines proposed by the Clinton administration before it left office eight years ago.

But are the two parties ready for it?