Middle East• It could also set back his plans for Middle Eastpeace.• Clinton, sweeping smoothly over the recent nastiness, this week presented his friend as the visionary of a new Middle East.• Unless these conditions are met, there is no hope of lasting peace in the Middle East.• In 10 or 15years, Gorbachev warned the forum, there could be war in the Middle East over water.• What we are witnessing in the Middle East is not only a religiousconfrontation.• And so it came about that the two dominantreligions of the Middle East would share the Holy City.• Outside the Middle East, leaders are playing their own little games.• The Middle East peace process was stalemated; negotiations were stymied.