Palestinians are fighting among themselves to control the battered borders of Gaza and West Bank.
Hamas is holding key posts in Gaza, while Fatah has captured West Bank.
At this juncture Bush and Olmert having a vision of two states of Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace will fuel internal Palestinian battles.
More so, how can [...]
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Middle-East
Iraq had one of the bloodiest weeks as bombings claimed 300 lives and
Iraq is at the brink of a civil war. Meanwhile prime minister has called for restraint.
Iran on the other hand is at a standoff with Britain, as it has captured British Naval soldiers as they allegedly entered Iranian waters.
Iran has released a five [...]
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Arab summit:
Arab summit in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia ended with Palestine and other Arab countries urging Israel for peace.
United Sates has welcomed the initiative.The peace plan put forth in 2002 advocates Israel to return to 1967 pre-war boundaries.
President Mahmud Abbas has requested not to reject “hand of peace”.
Israel see this as a positive development and has called for negotiation without [...]
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It is a welcome news for peacemongers especially in west-asia as Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to hold regular confidence-building talks.
Developments in the middle-east have been encouraging since Saudi brokered peace brought an end to Palestinian infighting between then ruling Hamas and Fatah factions.
With a unity government [...]
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