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Failure Written in West Bank Stone ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Gershom Gorenberg - September 29, 2008 - 8:00pm The latest phone call came from a journalist in Denmark. Why, he asked, has Israeli settlement in the West Bank continued despite peace negotiations with the Palestinians? » Read more

Olmert's Lame-Duck Epiphany About Palestinian Peace ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Time by Scott MacLeod - September 29, 2008 - 8:00pm He is a former leader in the rightist Likud Party who for decades staunchly believed that the West Bank and Gaza Strip belonged to the Jewish people and that the territories, along with the Golan Heights, should remain part of Greater Israel forever. Along with former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert gradually came to understand that this was a fantasy. They broke away from Likud and created the centrist Kadima ("Onward") Party three years ago. » Read more