Unless they do something dramatic, no one will be reminded that the Palestinian issue is alive.

The Palestinian issue got in the way from the very beginning.

Jordan acknowledged that efforts to link the war to the Palestinian issue had failed.

"Hopefully through my case, the Palestinian issue will be honored," he said.

The incident certainly has raised the Palestinian issue again.

"We stressed a need for solving the Palestinian issue, but not at the expense of creating another problem," he said.

"Only when the Palestinian issue comes up is there talk of presenting in a 'balanced' fashion."

The party presses for reaching a solution to the Palestinian issue.

"Egypt will never abandon its position of principles on the Palestinian issue," he said in an interview.

"I see the Palestinian issue, why don't they intervene there?"