links for 2008-01-27
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Ayman Taha, Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said Hamas’s supreme leader, the Syria-based Khaled Mashaal, was ready to accept an invitation by Mubarak to an “unconditional dialogue” on settling the rift between the Palestinian factions, the Associated Press repor
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the setting could hardly have born less resemblence to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, scene of the U.S. sponsored Middle East peace conference last November. That, of course, was the point.
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Asked whether he had reported it to the government, he replied: “It was the government that was doing this. Who would I report it to?” -
The narrow opening offered by Annapolis now seems to have closed. The main reason is Lebanon, where Syria continues to meddle, intimidate and even kill in order to preserve and restore its position. This is totally unacceptable to President Bush, who sees
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So far, Abbas is refusing to talk. Abbas will meet tomorrow with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in what looks like an attempt to boost the PA president’s profile at a time when he has been sidelined by events in Gaza.
After that, Abbas is reportedly heading to
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“The Palestinians have a wildlife society?” they asked incredulously, “Of their own?”
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“I understand it is a difficult situation for them (Egypt),” Rice said after arriving here for meetings with the Colombian government. “But it is an international border, it needs to be protected and I believe that the Egyptians understand the importance
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‘The long Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip,’ said Abbas, ‘has caused a popular explosion. When you deny the people fuel, medicine and all their basic needs, what should they do? The people have no choice but to explode.’
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“We can’t call it a conference … it was a festival organized by the Syrian intelligence,” said Abed Rabbo.
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Ahmed Aboul Gheit told reporters following a meeting with the Egyptian president and several cabinet ministers, that between 10 and 12 riot police and 26 border guards, including two senior officers, were all in the hospital, some in danger of losing thei
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Nabil Shaath, said Abbas’s position was clear: Fatah was “always ready for dialogue,” but what was important was the result of such talks. And a result cannot be achieved “unless Hamas announces its readiness to let go of military control” of Gaza, he sai
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It also suggested that Obama placed the burden of solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict primarily on the Jewish state.
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Gilad’s contacts with the Egyptians were initiated on the orders of Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who instructed Gilad to lead the effort to restore order at the Rafah crossing.
