US official: Bush gov't appeasing Arabs | Jerusalem Post: "The Bush administration is undertaking much of its current Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy to appease the Arabs and Europeans, a top White House official told a group of Jewish Republicans recently, according to those present.
Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams said much of the heightened State Department activity with the two parties was 'process for the sake of process' and being done to 'assuage the Arabs and the Europeans, who haven't been happy with the United States [and are] happy to see that there's at least an attempt or energy being put into the peace process,' according to one attendee at the closed-door meeting.
In response to a question raised at the event about whether 'European and Arab pressure could put Israel in a corner,' the National Security Council issued a statement saying that 'ultimately, the United States provides an emergency brake.'"