Thursday, November 19, 2009

Is There Hope For Middle East Peace?

A boy in Beit Furik, in the West Bank, amid portraits of President Mahmoud Abbas, who has hinted he may quit. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images

Does Sinking Mideast Peace Process Hold Any Hope? -- Reuters

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Efforts to rescue the sinking Middle East peace process are losing support.

Influential U.S. pundits have lost faith. Those Israelis who never did believe in it are saying: we told you so.

Some Palestinians believe it is as good as dead, strangled by Israel. They talk gloomily of a moment of truth.

Middle East veterans say they have seen such hopeless spells before, and seen them lead to outbreaks of violence.

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More News On The Israeli - Palestinian Conflict

Israeli air strikes target Gaza 'smuggling tunnels'
-- BBC
Israel, Egypt squeeze Gaza tunnel business -- Reuters
Israeli rockets hit Gaza tunnels -- Al Jazeera
Israeli planes strike targets in Gaza -- AFP
Israeli warplanes target Rafah tunnels -- Press T (Iran)

EU chides Israel on planned construction -- UPI
Palestinians Say Israeli Move Could Kill Peace Process -- Voice of America
Obama: Israeli Settlement Construction Could be 'Dangerous' -- Voice of America
Obama warns Israel on settlements -- BBC

Mideast Peace Talks Hang in Balance Over Abbas -- New York Times
Abbas: Mideast peace deal won't happen with me -- Haaretz
Let down by Obama, Palestinians see few options -- Reuters

UDI won't mean Palestinian statehood -- Victor Kattan, The Guardian
Ramallah's Road Map to Statehood -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

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