What future for the Palestinians?
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The death of their symbol could force the Palestinians to choose between negotiating for the best deal they can get or continue fighting for a dream.
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The parliament speaker would replace Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority president for 60 days, until elections. But he is unlikely to hold onto that position during a turbulent transition; timely elections also seem unlikely.
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The collapse of Ariel Sharon&#39;s government endangers the Israeli pullout from Gaza. Or does it? And what does Marwan Barghouti&#39;s candidacy mean for the Palestinians&#39; future?
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TIME's interview with King Abdullah II of Jordan: "If we don't solve the Palestinian issue, the future looks bleak for the Middle East."
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Abbas dissolves the government, but  Hamas now controls Gaza. For Israel, the choice is between trying to reverse that reality, or dealing  with the Islamists
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Comment is free: Sami Abdel-Shafi: Any progress in the Middle East must begin with building a peace among Palestinians.
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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip -- Despite promises from Hamas leaders that their victory over rival Fatah forces has ushered in an era of security for the Gaza Strip, residents expressed more concern than hope yesterday about the future of their impoverished coastal territory.
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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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Palestinians are moving toward a new generation of leadership, while US and Israeli leaders consider their legacies.
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Hamas seizes Gaza. What's to be done--and more importantly, who's going to do it? A lame duck president with the lowest approval ratings in two generations, and an Israeli prime minister whose government is on life supports?
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JERUSALEM - Many Middle East observers believe the word opportunity describes the situation in the region after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Recent predictions that the death of Yasser Arafat will usher in a new era of Palestinian peacemaking are, I regret to say, a joke.
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Comment is free: Karma Nabulsi: The drivers of violence in Gaza are clearly external. When all Palestinians can vote for sovereign rule, peace will be within reach.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Sunday for a successor to Yasser Arafat and looked likely to  elect Mahmoud Abbas, who has promised to revive peacemaking  with Israel after years of bloodshed.
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Global attention remains focused on Yasser Arafat -- not so much on when he will die, but what will happen afterwards, including the contentious issue of his burial site, and the future of mideast peace.
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Palestinians are electing a successor to their late leader, Yasser Arafat.
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Israeli cable technician Elram Weitzman thinks the Palestinians deserve a state of their own. But he doesn't spend too much time thinking about it.