Mideast policy

Re “No high hopes on Mideast trip, Rice says,” Oct. 15

I am afraid that the U.S. peace conference proposed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for November in Annapolis, Md., to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dead on arrival. The Palestinians and the Arabs want to discuss the premises for a viable Palestinian state, but Israel and the Jewish lobby don’t want to hear of it. Unfortunately, Rice is not in control of America’s Mideast policy; the Israel lobby is.

Reno S. Zack

San Dimas