Is There Hope For Middle East Peace?
A boy in Beit Furik, in the West Bank, amid portraits of President Mahmoud Abbas, who has hinted he may quit. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/Agence France-Presse – Getty Images
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Efforts to rescue the sinking Middle East peace process are losing support.
Influential U.S. pundits have lost faith. Those Israelis who never did believe in it are saying: we told you so.
Some Palestinians believe it is as good as dead, strangled by Israel. They talk gloomily of a moment of truth.
Middle East veterans say they have seen such hopeless spells before, and seen them lead to outbreaks of violence.
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Israeli air strikes target Gaza ’smuggling tunnels’ — BBC
Israel, Egypt squeeze Gaza tunnel business — Reuters
Israeli rockets hit Gaza tunnels — Al Jazeera
Israeli planes strike targets in Gaza – AFP
Israeli warplanes target Rafah tunnels — Press T (Iran)
EU chides Israel on planned construction — UPI
Palestinians Say Israeli Move Could Kill Peace Process – Voice of America
Obama: Israeli Settlement Construction Could be ‘Dangerous’ — Voice of America
Obama warns Israel on settlements – BBC
Mideast Peace Talks Hang in Balance Over Abbas — New York Times
Abbas: Mideast peace deal won’t happen with me — Haaretz
Let down by Obama, Palestinians see few options — Reuters
UDI won’t mean Palestinian statehood — Victor Kattan, The Guardian
Ramallah’s Road Map to Statehood — David Ignatius, Washington Post
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