George Bush yesterday encountered the weakest of welcomes for his call for an international peace conference on the Middle East.
A day after he unveiled his plan for a conference of Israelis, Palestinians and Arab governments in the autumn, there were few signs of optimism that such a gathering could produce a final resolution to the conflict.
The White House moved to douse expectations. "I think a lot of people are inclined to try to treat this as a big peace conference. It's not," Tony Snow, the White House's press secretary, told reporters.
He added the conference would not address final status issues, such as borders, further lowering expectations.
Israel had put Washington on notice earlier yesterday that it was not prepared to discuss such issues as borders at the conference.
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