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...believe that conditions have been created that will allow us and the Palestinians to reach a historic breakthrough." ARIEL SHARON, Israeli Prime Minister, in his most optimistic comments since the election of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas...
...owns and controls it, and to simply note that it's up to the two sides to agree on where to draw such a border misses the reality that while Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas insists on the 1967 borders as the basis for any two-state solution, Ariel Sharon's own ideas about the final borders between the two identities are literally miles apart from Abbas's. It will take a lot more than good intentions on the part of the U.S. and curbing terror attacks on the part of the Palestinians to achieve a solution...
...Ariel Sharon prepared for his first-ever meeting with a member of Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization, the old general didn't hide his distaste at the prospect of sitting down with Palestinian leaders. "All of them are from Sodom," Sharon told a friend. "But we'll have to deal with someone after Arafat." Sharon decided to place his bets on the secretary-general of the P.L.O.'s executive committee, a taciturn moderate named Mahmoud Abbas. Sharon invited Abbas to Sycamores Farm, his 600-hectare ranch in the Negev Desert. If Abbas were ever to replace Arafat, Sharon later...
...honeymoon didn't last long. After Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian President on Jan. 9, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon placed a congratulatory call to Yasser Arafat's successor and, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials, said he was "looking forward to meeting with you to discuss issues." Abbas responded that they would meet soon, "God willing." Four days later, the optimism was shattered, at least temporarily, when Palestinian militants killed six Israelis at a freight crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Sharon suspended ties with Abbas the next...
...Hamas, which called on its supporters to boycott the presidential elections, is waning. The government of Israel should do its best to encourage this moderate movement in the Palestinian territories by limiting friction between its military forces and the Palestinian population wherever possible. For his part, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s withdrawal plan from Gaza and the subsequent political realignment of his government indicate a shift in recent months. Israel’s shift away from radicalism and towards pragmatism is heartening. Israel should declare its withdrawal from Gaza part of a multilateral agreement to bring both parties...