Mideast: Can Barghouti End the Gaza Impasse?
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With Hamas in control of Gaza, both Israelis and Palestinians are left with few good policy options. Could the release of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti shift the logjam?
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Israel and the Palestinian Authority are trying to work out a deal to end the army's Gaza offensive in return for stopping militants firing rockets into the Jewish state, Israeli security sources said Tuesday.
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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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Since the peace process began at the 1991 Madrid Conference, Gaza has not been a topic for negotiation. That&#39;s because everyone realized that in any peace agreement with the Palestinians there would cease to be an Israeli presence in the Strip.
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Hope and skepticism as Israel and the Palestinians try again
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MAXINE McKEW: The Palestinian leadership has been thrown into turmoil after jailed Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouti, announced his intention to enter the presidential campaign.
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Washington hoped to neutralize Hamas by strengthening Abbas. But the rout in Gaza has left that strategy in shreds
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Ideally, Israel would be withdrawing from the Gaza Strip as part of a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians. Ideally, there would be no suspicion that the withdrawal is part
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Is there hope in the Middle East in the aftermath of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, or will the optimistic noises now being made fizzle out into the usual confrontation?
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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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Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference in Amman, Jordan on Monday, Dec. 20, 2004. Abbas said he welcomes any form of Israeli withdrawal from Gaza but this withdrawal should not end there, it must be part of the road map.
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Marwan Barghouti withdrew from the race to replace Palestinian President Yasser Arafat late last night. His withdrawal means there will be a smooth transition in the election on 9 January, with interim leader Mahmoud Abbas the clear favourite.
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GAZA If Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his strategists have it their own way, and if conditions on the Palestinian-Israeli front stay their tragic course, one can expect that by the end of next year the 360-kilometer-long separation wall - under
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Profile: Hoping to break the impasse with the West, Hamas and Fatah agree to appoint a U.S.-trained biologist as prime minister. But will that be enough to convince Washington to ease the pressure on the Palestinians?
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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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The popular Palestinian militant Marwan Barghouti backed away from challenging for the presidency of the Palestinian Authority last night after days of speculation that he would run for the post left open by the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold crisis talks on Sunday on how to limit Hamas control over Gaza's breached border with Egypt.