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...right of return" is exercised within the Palestinian state rather than to homes, villages and towns that no longer exist in Israel) they remain fundamental positions. His view of a final-status agreement, as presented to U.S. negotiators in 1999, involved a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and recognition of the refugees right of return. Within those parameters, he suggested that land-swaps could allow Israel to keep some settlements while granting Palestinians territory from within its 1967 borders, and that the refugee issue could be settled without threatening Israel...
...principle and goals: Abbas believes armed struggle is counter-productive because it hardens attitudes in Israel and destroys international support for the Palestinian cause. Instead, he believes non-violent tactics and diplomacy are the best route to the objective of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. Marwan Barghouti sees armed struggle as an indispensable lever in pursuit of the same goal, seeing it as a complement to talks because he believes that the Palestinians capacity to wage an armed intifada is surer leverage at the negotiating table than relying on the goodwill of the United States...
Full Steam Ahead MIDDLE EAST Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the government would use "all its might" against settlers who violently resist the government's planned withdrawal from Gaza. A coalition deal signed between Sharon's ruling Likud party, the opposition Labor party and a small, ultra-orthodox Jewish group ensured the plan will have majority support in parliament...
MAHMOUD ABBAS, front runner in the race for Palestinian President, dropping his usually civil language after Israeli tank fire killed seven Palestinian youths in Gaza...
Even as Abbas tries to stamp out militants within his party, he will face potential challenges to his authority from the Islamists of Hamas. Leaders of Hamas tell TIME that in meetings in Damascus and Gaza, they agreed to grant Abbas a period of quiet during the election campaign. Abbas hopes that by bringing Hamas into the political system, he will be able to persuade the group to accept a long-term cease-fire with Israel...