State for Palestinians and Peace With Israel Left Unrealized
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Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, died early Thursday morning in a Paris hospital, a French military spokesman announced. Mr. Arafat, who was the symbol
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Divided more than ever after Hamas's armed takeover of Gaza, Palestinians are watching their dream of statehood turn into even more of a nightmare to achieve.
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Analysis: Israel wants Egypt to reseal the border. But to do that Egypt needs agreement with both Hamas and President Abbas -- and the Palestinians aren't talking to each other
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After the emotional fury of Yasser Arafat&#39;s funeral quiet has descended on the occupied territories as Palestinians step cautiously into an uncharted future.
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Wounded in the battle for Jerusalem, Ya'acov Rotblit composed the anthem of Israel's peace movement. Today, his optimism is tempered with bitter realism
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Analysis: Bush's trip has made one thing  clear: Israel and the Palestinians aren't making peace anytime soon
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JERUSALEM  - Israel is set on a collision course with the European Union and could turn into a pariah state, like South Africa during the apartheid years, if the Mideast conflict is not resolved, Israel's Foreign Ministry warns in a confidential 10-year forecast.
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The first peace talks in six years between the leaders of Israel and the Palestinians took place today without any apparent progress beyond an agreement to meet again.
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A rare optimism is taking hold among Palestinians amid signs of a possible breakthrough in the long-deadlocked Mideast peace process.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has brought hope locally for a reopened peace process between Palestine and Israel - and a caution that Israel and the United States have the responsibility
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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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Israelis and Palestinians far from Tuesday's summit in Egypt expressed doubts whether a cease-fire declared by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas could end four years of bloodshed.
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Palestinians say their own infighting is making it too easy for Israel to argue that the time is not right to promote a Palestinian state.
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Sharon is not Charles de Gaulle. He is as far away as ever from the conviction that Israel must recognize the national rights of the Palestinian people and withdraw from territories occupied in 1967, let alone
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An American-sponsored meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders ended Monday with little more than a promise to meet again.
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As violence between the two main Palestinian factions has intensified, hopes are fading for a Palestinian national unity government &#151; seen as a precondition for renewed negotiations with Israel. Olmert is offering the Palestinians far-reaching concessions and a state of their own if they choose the path of peace talks.
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Analysis: Israel wants Egypt to reseal the border. But to do that Egypt needs agreement with both Hamas and President Abbas  -  and the Palestinians aren't talking to each other