Moves toward moderation in Mideast
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One month after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, realignments on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli divide are raising fragile hopes for a mutual retreat from four years of fighting.
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Under American encouragement and, in some cases, pressure, Israel has quietly taken steps aimed at strengthening the standing of Palestinian moderates.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats express enthusiasm about new opportunities for peace created by the death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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The world has tried--and failed--to weaken Palestinian radicals by isolating them. It's time for a change of course
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Palestinians are moving toward a new generation of leadership, while US and Israeli leaders consider their legacies.
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She's in the Mideast to try to bolster Arab moderates and revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.  Is this trip worth it?
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The deteriorating health of Yasser Arafat, long the personification of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, could reorder the political landscape of the Middle East in two
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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats
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The US is gearing up for possible re-engagement in an Israeli-Palestinian peace process that has been on hold for most of the last four years because of a Palestinian terrorism war and Israeli countermeasures.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s passing away last week lowered the curtain for his half-century efforts of Palestinian liberation, but the Middle East peace process continued and arrived at a new crossroad.
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As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Palestinians alike are struggling with issues of political life and the forming of functioning governments, it is the former who may offer a lead to elements of the latter.
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JERUSALEMâWith his political life in the balance, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took the first tentative steps on the path to peace last night, winning parliamentary consent for a plan to uproot Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and parts of
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Since the death of Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian news media has adopted a more moderate voice toward Israel.
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The imminent passing of Yasser Arafat will mark the beginning of a new era in the Arab-Israeli conflict. For a century, Palestinian national politics has been dominated by two men: Hajj Amin al-Husseini led
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On a trip this week, the secretary of State seeks a support network of Palestinian, Lebanese, and Iraqi moderates.
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Understanding the new and lethal logic of violence in the Middle East - and what the world can do to find peace