” “” ” At the summit, Olmert and Rice "had to opt for a more open attitude, based on two considerations: there is no other Palestinian counterpart that could replace Abu Mazen: for a long time, the President of the Palestinian Authority has stated it accepts the three conditions, and its position against violence and terrorism is well known", and above all "a net rejection of the Mecca agreements could offend the Saudi King, Abdullah, who has promoted and guaranteed them, and cause a clear weakening in that axis of the moderate Sunni Arab countries, that pivots on the emerging Iranian power". The Mecca agreements, explains Cingoli, "bind the Government to respect the previous treaties; these treaties establish the express recognition of Israel; they express the will to renounce armed attacks within the Hebraic state and in any case a long-term truce in armed fight". Dropping those agreements "means to plunge the Palestinians into civil war and in any case mark the political end of Abu Mazen".” “
