Ex-Adviser Sees Rare Opportunity On Mideast Front
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R   obert Malley , a former assistant to President    Bill Clinton  who rejects blaming only    Yasser Arafat  for the collapse of peace efforts four years ago, warns that a rare window of opportunity for engaging both sides "is not going to be eternally open."
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Israel signalled flexibility and openness toward the emerging new Palestinian leadership Friday, with a top adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon saying peace talks could resume if the Palestinians showed some goodwill.
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The coming year would bring &quot;a historic opportunity&quot; for the Israelis to reach a breakthrough in the Middle East conflict with the Palestinians following the death of Yasser
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Egypt raised the prospect of a framework for a Middle East peace deal and said it could soon return an ambassador to Israel, a move that would revive full diplomatic ties after a four-year break.
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For the past year, the Israel Defense Forces Central Command has been working on a plan entitled &quot;A New Leaf,&quot; which explores military options for &quot;the day after&quot; Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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President Bush is sending his national security adviser to the Middle East next week to keep up pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to reach agreement on launching formal peace talks, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
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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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Yasser Arafat&#39;s disappearance from the scene has raised hopes that perhaps a window of opportunity to a new era has now opened.
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This capital's absorption with the war in Iraq is prompting former senior officials and ex-generals to look beyond the debate over whether U.S. troops should be withdrawn to ways in which the United States might bolster the battered Mideast country.
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be the only issue on his visit to Israel.
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Marwan Barghouti, a popular leader, may make a long shot bid to succeed Yasir Arafat as head of the nation that would be Palestine.
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Viewpoint: The Bush Administration appears unable to play Washington's traditional crisis-management role in the Middle East. That may be because it doesn't talk to Israel's enemies
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Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell told Israelâs prime minister today that the United States wanted to take advantage of new opportunities in the Middle East, and that it supported Palestinian elections set for January 9.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a month ago appears to have created a new atmosphere for possible renewal of peace efforts in the Middle East.
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Foreign policy chiefs from around the globe have been lining up to visit Israeli and Palestinian officials, proclaiming a new era of opportunity has arrived.
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A former Iranian leader once seen as the harbinger of moderation and better relations with the United States is making the case for dialogue nearly on the doorstep of the White House.
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A former Palestinian security minister who could be key to keeping order among rival factions in Gaza after an Israeli pullout held a fence-mending meeting on Monday with President Yasser Arafat, officials said.