Dim prospects for peace
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With public attention focused elsewhere, the Bush administration is letting Middle East peace hopes disappear. Israelis rightly complain that peace requires a partner, a role that Yasser Arafat has been pathetically incapable of filling so far.
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The Israeli Knesset&#39;s approval of a plan to dismantle Jewish settlements in Gaza and part of the West bank raises hopes for Middle East peace progress, but, as always in the region, there are myriad uncertainties.
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Analysis: Why there's little grounds for optimism that Tony Blair, Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas can restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
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The talks between Rice, Olmert, and Abbas fell short of any significant progress on a 'two-state solution.'
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It is now nearly 60 years since Britain shed the thankless burden of ruling the Holy Land - and rarely since then have hopes been so high that the former mandatory power can do something useful to help to bring Arabs and Jews closer to peace.
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Hope and skepticism as Israel and the Palestinians try again
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Anger toward America is high, extremists are on the upswing and hopes for democracy in the Middle East lie dashed. The Lebanon war is creating dangerous ripples in the war on terror, the future of Iraq &#151; even the effort to keep nuclear weapons from dangerous hands.
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Analysis: The Bush Administration has never resolved the regime-change vs. engagement debate in its own ranks. But as multilateral diplomacy falters in each diplomatic standoff, the days of having it both ways may be ending
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Talk of a united front against extremists rings a little hollow while key Middle East allies are engaging with those the U.S. wants to shun
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World powers have largely abandoned hope that Hamas radicals will drop anti-Israel positions that have riven the Palestinian leadership and led to a cutoff of direct international aid. Now diplomats are looking for a new approach.
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Despite the frequently heard claim that, post-Arafat, a moderate Palestinian trend offers an opportunity for advancing peace, the Palestinian reality is one of division and radical veto power.
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The Bush administration has so far failed to generate serious traction behind its latest Middle East peace effort, with the opening session of its Washington conference of Arab and Israeli leaders tentatively scheduled for Nov. 15, according to senior Arab and U.S. officials and former U.S. envoys.
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The resignation of the negotiator, seen as a moderating influence in Tehran, dimmed hopes for this weekâs talks.
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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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ONE OF Yasser Arafat&#39;s least-admired roles in the last few years was as the constantly cited excuse for international futility in Middle Eastern peace efforts.
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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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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