But when the bust came, instead of standing behind his word that he would repay the debt, Murphy showed that his word was no good and instead engaged in a series of transfers and actions to try to sneak his chips back off the table.
They agreed on the need to find a way forward on Middle East peace that stops the cycle of counterproductive unilateral actions by the Israelis and Palestinians, and brings the parties back to the negotiating table.
They need to refrain from actions that make it harder to reach the kind of -- well, to reach the negotiating table where they can work on a solution that still needs to be found.