This is what Jeremy said to Ed Stourton, the presenter of the Today programme, yesterday. I thought it was worth transcribing because it is truly a classic. It starts about 5 and a half minutes into this clip. There's an interview afterward Bowen's "analysis" with an Israeli woman and an Arab guy.
Bowen: "Well it can't be cheerful when there's been so much violence, not just the killings of Jews in Jerusalem but what's been going on in Gaza over the last couple of weeks in which more than a hundred and twenty Palestinians, around a third of them Palestinians, have been killed. You've got to be sceptical about the peace proces that was originated in Annapolis in December and I think both sides, even though they say "Yes, we'd like to talk". The Palestinians, don't forget, suspended the talks last weekend because of what Israel had been doing in Gaza. The Israelis are saying yes, we'll go back to them as well. Both sides said they want to go back to them [er, didn't you just say, Jeremy, that the Pals. suspended talks? - YM] but even the Prime Minister's spokesman said yesterday that it's clear that you can't have attacks like this in Jerusalem and expect a successful peace process and if you were to insert the word 'Gaza' in that you could pretty much expect Palestinian spokesman to say something very similar."
Stourton: "So the next step is what if indeed there is one?"
Bowen: "Well the next step for those who are interested in peace quiet and calm is to hope that there aren't any more attacks, going either way, quite frankly.
Amazing.
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