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Like the Europeans and even Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres, the Saudis believe that a ceasefire won't take hold in the absence of a clearly visible peaceful path to Palestinian statehood. Instead of waiting for the Bush administration to restart political negotiations, Crown Prince Abdullah has stepped into the...
Nobody's expecting Ariel Sharon to sign on to the plan. A champion of Israeli settlement outside the 1967 borders who fiercely rejected the Oslo agreements from the very outset, there's little for Sharon to like in Abdullah's proposal. But by pitching it directly to the Israeli people...
The Saudi proposal also dovetails with both European peace plans and one jointly developed by Peres and Arafat deputy Ahmed Korei (Abu Ala). Even the Fatah militants responsible for the most recent wave of shootings and bombings appear to have acknowledged the 1967 borders as some form of boundary - almost...
Despite a strong element of wariness, Sharon's office on Monday described the Saudi initiative as a "positive trend," although aides hastened to reject the notion of Israel withdrawing to the 1967 borders. Peres was more effusive, retaining the right to negotiate the precise boundaries but calling Abdullah's plan...
The Saudis, and even Peres, have urged that negotiations towards a long-term solution be revived even before a cease-fire is achieved. Washington and Sharon will likely prefer to emphasize efforts to reduce day-to-day violence. Still, it's becoming increasingly clear that the debate over Israel's...