Word: meccas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Maybe being this close to God will stop this madness," says Abu Awad, a Gaza merchant referring to fact that the Palestinian rivals are meeting in Mecca, Islam's holiest site...
...Inside Dahlan's fortress-like compound in Gaza City, his men were wielding brand-new M-16 rifles and were clearly organizing for future fighting, even as leaders claimed high hopes for the Mecca peace conference. As Dahlan's men pointed out where the mortar and grenade rounds had landed during a recent Hamas attack, they were not in a conciliatory mood...
...Paid Walk, are completely sold out, but these are early days, and some flashy new theaters like the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Southern California have failed to draw anticipated sellout audiences. Opera expert Payne suggests that Valencia may not achieve its goal of becoming a world opera mecca, but could become a fine regional draw. "Maybe it won't be able to compete with Milan," he says, "but it could be a Rome. It might not be Paris, but it could be a Lyons...
...Similarly, while the U.S. is demanding that Hamas be isolated and is pressuring Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to refrain from forming a unity government with the organization, Saudi Arabia is actively engaging with Hamas and promoting the formation of just such a unity government at talks currently underway in Mecca. Moreover, in the case of both Iran and Hamas, the Saudi position appears to reflect a broader view among Arab regimes that no good can come of the U.S. approach of avoiding engagement with significant regional players simply because it would prefer to keep them out in the cold - isolating...
...Rival Palestinian leaders know that the Mecca meeting may be the last chance for a lasting truce. In Gaza, armed gunmen from both militias have already carved up the city with roadblocks and sniper positions in anticipation of an all-out war if the Saudi peace initiative fails...