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The author reflects on the difficulty in achieving meaningful dialogue between Israelis, Arabs and Palestinians in the Middle East. He notes that Palestinians and Israelis are genuinely fascinated with each other. He cites some of the obstacles to dialogue including a lack of places in which to talk and the presence of political moralism during debates. He mentions the tendency of peacemakers to focus on the manifest content of political positions in the Middle East instead of the way such positions are expressed.