Fork in the road map: Bush's meeting with Mahmoud Abbas was a sign of re-engagement. The president now has three options--and only one will lead to peace.(DISPATCHES)
American Prospect, The, July, 2005 by Levy, Daniel
WHEN PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas visited Washington in early June, one might have expected him to be heralded as the poster boy for "freedom's march" in the Middle East--democratically elected, a reformer, and a recognized man of peace. Yet after the meeting, Palestinian delegation members spoke to me in terms of only a "small success."
For Abbas, or Abu Mazen, as he is also known, the Washington trip did represent a milestone of sorts in his efforts to resurrect the notion of there being a Palestinian partner for peace. While the Abbas program of ...
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