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March 14, 2005

Steps on the Roadmap to Peace

Abbas is expected to make a major consession for peace with Israel this week:

According to a report in the London-based daily A-Sharq al-Awsat, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is expected to introduce a revised approach to impending negotiations with Israel, which includes significant concessions regarding the right of return.

Abbas, the report said, would inform representatives of the various factions that it would not be possible to permit all of the refugees to return to the Palestinian territories.

This has been one of the major roadblocks to the peace process in the past. Abbas has a huge challenge in front of him if he tries to push this on the likes of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Still, this provides even more evidence that Abbas is committed to peace in Israel/Palestine and he has the wisdom to see that peace only comes through compromise.

Credit also goes to Sharon in this. His insistance that certain Israeli settlements be dismantled has cost him politically, but has shown Abbas he has a partner in peace. As long as each side acts thusly, there is hope.

Posted by bubba138 at March 14, 2005 10:46 AM