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Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi has given the Palestinians a new face...
Even before the Baker-Shoval meeting last week, the Palestinians had threatened to withdraw from the talks. But Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi, spokeswoman for the Palestinian peace negotiators, made it clear that if the guarantees were conditioned to "eliminate entirely any possibility of these funds being subsidies to occupation and settlements," the Palestinians would continue to negotiate. They are unlikely to be satisfied by the proposal that Baker reportedly made. "It is permission to put 10,000 obstacles on the road to peace," says Saeb Erakat, a member of the Palestinian negotiating team...
Dayan and Mikhael-Ashrawi also disagreed on the means of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mikhael-Ashrawi stressed the need for international cooperation, saying, "the mechanism for the peace plan is holding an international conference...
...make a name for yourself as an individual, but you have left your sisters behind," said Mikhael-Ashrawi...
...Mikhael-Ashrawi said the occupation precludes the possibility of peace. "Peace cannot be achieved through coercion," she said...