John Kerry is waiting for Benjamin Netanyahu to nail himself to a very large cross. Unfortunately you're going to have to keep reading to find out what I mean by this. First, consider here the four assumptions about the Middle East peace process:

• It's dead.

• John Kerry, the U.S. secretary of state, is the Captain Ahab of the two-state solution, a vainglorious and delusional man devoting too much time to a peace plan that won't work.