Mr. John Whyte:

I speculated earlier that some of the other Gulf countries have their own strategic objectives. Some are willing to normalise ties with Israel and some are willing to look to a slightly different set of alignments. I think it was Hannah Arendt who once said that a country without resources or capital has no power. Palestine, unfortunately, seems to fit that description. It is short on friends because it has less to offer, except the moral argument of its situation.