World faces a Mideast minus Arafat
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Hope for progress toward peace in the region is tempered by a Palestinian power vacuum. By Ben Lynfield | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Arafat's death raises hopes for a new push for peace. But much depends on who takes charge and how the U.S. responds
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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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JERUSALEM â-here has been increased security here in Jerusalem and throughout Israel, but so far, it has been quiet. The entire Middle East is getting ready for a new era, a Middle East without Yasser Arafat.
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Since the death of the Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, a mood has been spreading in the Middle East that had not been felt for a long time: optimism.
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Is there hope in the Middle East in the aftermath of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, or will the optimistic noises now being made fizzle out into the usual confrontation?
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The international diplomatic enthusiasm for Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking that erupted after the death of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has apparently not filtered down to the streets of Bethlehem.
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The death of PLO leader Yasser Arafat does not mean Israel will be able to make peace with the new Palestinian leadership, because the old guard -- backed by the same
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[The following is a talk given at the Euro/Palestine concert in Paris, France on November 6, 2004.]. We gather here at difficult times, when it seems that the Palestinian cause has been almost eliminated from the international agenda.
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BEIRUT: As Yasser Arafat&#39;s health deteriorates in a suburban Paris hospital and he fades away from the political scene, his legacy for Palestine and the Arab world offers important lessons
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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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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 exit from the world stage of Palestinian leader and icon Yasser Arafat will mark the end of a turbulent era, and the beginning of a period of uncertainty and possible instability in the volatile cauldron of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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The death or long-term incapacitation of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be a turning point in Middle East history. It could suddenly remove an obstacle to peace or unleash a bloody power struggle among Palestinians factions.
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World leaders meeting in Egypt focused on Israel, the Palestinians and what is seen as a chance to jump start the stalled peace process today, with plans to shift the focus to another Mideast hotspot - Iraq â-ater in the day.
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The Nov. 11 death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has left the Middle -East and the international community and LBCC with a great deal of uneasy speculation as to how his absence will affect the future of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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US officials hope Yasser Arafat&#39;s death on Thursday will offer a new chance for Middle East peace but said it depends on who replaces him, how much power they wield