Likewise, the undue emphasis on consensus only serves to confuse and obfuscate the issue.

Critics of Israel were historically obsessed with ending the occupation of disputed lands, yet once Israel engaged a plan to hand over land in an act of good will, as it is doing today, its critics obfuscate the issue by diverting the attention of the Council to this untimely and unnecessary discussion.

Paul Krugman, a Nobel laureate who also writes a newspaper column, has made a habit of slamming the latest generation of models in macroeconomics for neglecting old fashioned Keynesian truths. Paul Romer, one of the originators of new growth theory, has accused some leading names, including the Nobel laureate Robert Lucas, of what he calls mathiness using math to obfuscate rather than clarify.

It is important to note, however, that which Egypt extended its full pledged support and cooperation for the goal of convening the forum, Israel regrettably obstructed the convening of the said forum by attempting to formulate an agenda that can only lead to doubts about the possibility of establishing a nuclear weapon free zone in the region and obfuscate the main obstacles that lead to the failure to establish a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East.