"Power is in a very fluid state right now," one American diplomat said, speaking anonymously under diplomatic protocol.
"They seem to have gone beyond the logical stopping point," one senior Western diplomat said, speaking anonymously under normal diplomatic protocol.
"There was a tremendous amount of pressure on all members by the Americans," said an Arab diplomat, who requested anonymity according to diplomatic protocol.
"There's a creeping sense that we are in an endgame, that there is a new dynamic here," said one Western diplomat who spoke anonymously according to diplomatic protocol.
"You could expect it, because if you look at their reaction, it's been really unreasonable," said the diplomat, who refused to be named, citing diplomatic protocol.
"The phantom polling centers had a vastly disproportionate number of votes," the diplomat said, declining to be identified according to diplomatic protocol.
"The Israelis wanted a warm and successful visit and that is not what they got," said the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity under usual diplomatic protocol.
"They need money," said one Western diplomat, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing diplomatic protocol.
"It all adds up to one marvelous strategy," said the Western diplomat, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing diplomatic protocol.
But neither country felt it had the right to dictate terms to him, according to one Western diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity, under standard diplomatic protocol.
The diplomat spoke on the condition of anonymity, in keeping with diplomatic protocol.
