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...Palestinian refugees to return to Israel as preconditions for political dialogue. Israel did, however, agree to release some Palestinian prisoners and ease some restrictions on Palestinians traveling to jobs inside Israel as gestures aimed at restarting dialogue. More importantly, perhaps, Sharon also agreed to meet with Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas next Friday, and talks between Israeli and Palestinian security officials have begun in secret over restoring security cooperation against terror attacks. Abbas, for his part, vowed to stamp out terror and embraced the "roadmap," but complained of Israel's failure to do the same (and, by extension, of Washington...
...JASMINE J. MAHMOUD...
...Perhaps the most hopeful political change in the region is the appointment of a new government for the Palestinian Authority headed by Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. Few Arabs are pleased that the "regime-change" was in effect mandated by the Bush administration. But as they try to settle their dispute with Israel, the political standing and moral position of the Palestinians can only be enhanced by a government that is less tightly controlled by an old-style leader like Yasser Arafat...
...then spent a week in a safe house before allowing himself to be publicly "arrested" by police on May 12. He speculates that one reason Pearl was marked for death was that he had traced the connections of ex-ISI boss Hamid Gul and nuclear scientist Bashiruddin Mahmoud to al-Qaeda. Asad Hayauddin, spokesman for the Pakistani embassy in Washington, insists that "there is no complicity between any official department of Pakistan and Pearl's murderers," and that the very idea is "beyond belief." A Pakistani court sentenced Sheikh to death by hanging and three accomplices to 25 years imprisonment...
...recent dovish statements from the Israelis are simply the new packaging on a familiar stalemate. The bomber, reportedly sent by Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade, killed three Israelis and wounded scores of other in a Tel Aviv attack timed to mock new Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas's promise, in a speech only hours earlier, to fight terrorism and disarm the likes of Hamas and the Al-Aqsa brigades...