Egypt is undertaking a major role here and how they are able to succeed in that goes a long way toward deciding how much the whole process goes forward.
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Mitchell discussing Egypt's critical role in the peace process.
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It is feasible. We tried that. I tried very hard in behalf of President Obama to get the Arab states to take steps in the direction of normalization, based on the Arab peace initiative, proposed initially by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
I think both sides are calculating their gains and losses and I think fairly soon the time will come when they will coincide in deciding that it's in their interest to end this round of the conflict.
I think it's unfair and unwise. Think for a moment of what Senator McConnell did. He persuaded 96 percent of the Republicans in the Senate to vote for a bill that had the support of only 17 percent of the American people.
We have had about 7 or 8 Republican speeches, and only one Democrat has had a chance to speak. I will not want to suggest the standard of equal time. But we ought to be able to get some time.





