A recipe for losing another peace chance
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is not the only one who wants his unilateral disengagement plan to succeed. Many on the Palestinian side would like to see it work, certainly
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One that&#39;s winning the peace and one that isn&#39;t. A country that will hold democratic elections in January and another that can&#39;t possibly succeed without some big changes.
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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 Israelis and Palestinians return once more to the negotiating table -- and stumble over the same old problems
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The world has tried--and failed--to weaken Palestinian radicals by isolating them. It's time for a change of course
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Never mind the almost daily cease-fire announcements. The music played on the radio stations of Hamas and Fatah is a much better guide to war and peace.
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One yearâs winner can lose big in the next cycle.
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Comment is free: Karen Koning AbuZayd: Palestinian suffering has reached new depths. Peace cannot be built by reducing 1.5m people to a state of abject destitution
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Mahmoud Abbasâs declaration was both a challenge to the Hamas movement and a risky effort to break a political stalemate that could backfire.
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Analysis: Everyone is claiming victory. But there's a lot more left of Hizballah's fighting ability than Israel and the U.S. had hoped. And the cease-fire may just be a temporary time-out
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President Bush has a historic chance for coming up with a new peace plan based on the principles enshrined in the Oslo Accords. It is time also for Palestinians to unite behind a new leadership and stop the
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Negotiating with North Korea is rarely anything but bumpy. But in recent months, Japan once got close to getting Pyongyang&#39;s commitment to rejoin the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)-but Tokyo blew it.
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The Israelis and Palestinians return once more to the negotiating table  -  and stumble over the same old problems
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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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Israel&#39;s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s recent decisions rather than advancing the peace process will probably contribute to stall it even further.
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Time to put on those tin foil hats again
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As a ceasefire nears, the government and rebels may sidestep war crimes tribunals and set up a separate, if imperfect, peace