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...parliamentary elections for Feb. 8, nine months ahead of the deadline. Opinion polls suggest that Rasmussen's center-right alliance, which has been a staunch ally of the U.S-led war in Iraq, will be returned to power. Glimmer of Hope MIDDLE EAST Palestinian police began patrolling the border between Gaza and Israel after new Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ordered his security services to stop rocket attacks on Israel. Israeli officials approved the deployment when they resumed contact with Abbas' administration a week after breaking it off. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, one of the militant groups responsible...
...Palestinians, the election of Abbas as Palestinian President on Jan. 9 stirred hopes of a chance to revive the peace process. But the mood of optimism was shattered, at least temporarily, when Palestinian militants last Thursday killed six Israelis at a freight-crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip. In response, Sharon suspended contact with Abbas' Palestinian Authority and ruled out a meeting with the new Palestinian leader until Abbas punishes the perpetrators of the attack. And yet there is sufficient respect between the two leaders that it may be just a matter of time before they sit down...
...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...
...Palestinian chief to rein in the terrorist groups. Sharon's bottom line for a return to peace talks is for Abbas to confront the Islamists of Hamas and the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and halt the rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip. The persistence of such attacks could jeopardize Sharon's plans to evacuate all Israeli settlers from Gaza as early as this summer, which is viewed by U.S. officials as a critical first step toward peace. "Abbas doesn't have 100 days of grace. He doesn't even have 100 seconds," says...
...images from the West Bank and Gaza of Palestinian casualties and losses that served to inspire hate and rage against Israel and the United States in the Arab world. This time, images from the West Bank and Gaza of people standing in lines waiting to cast their votes will work in the opposite direction and transmit the notion that democracy and reform are within reach...