Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Vice Premier Shimon Peres (L) attend a meeting with Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat in Tel Aviv October 14, 2005. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen
Saeb smiles knowingly as Shimon reaches delightedly for his pen, the always-reliable "slip Shimon's pen from his breast pocket while he is coughing" trick having succeeded yet again in distracting the old buzzard from that annoying negotiating ploy about the so-called "right to fully-funded Peace Centers".