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...observers believe Sharon is inclined to embrace anything even close to the proposals discussed at Camp David and later at Taba, but neither Arafat nor his Arab backers are likely to settle for less. Still, Sharon may be betting on Arafat's inability to keep his end of any deal to ease pressure on Israel to deliver a political solution...
...Crown Prince Abdullah have agreed to work together on a plan involving an end to all current Israeli incursions into Palestinian territories, a cease-fire and a renewal of negotiations over Palestinian statehood based on proposals brokered by the Clinton administration and discussed by the two sides at Taba through January...
...According to published reports of the Taba discussions, the Israelis and Palestinians agreed that "the June 4 1967 lines would be the basis for the borders between Israel and the state of Palestine." Negotiations over annexation by Israel of West Bank settlement blocs close to the 1967 border in exchange for Israeli land elsewhere were inconclusive, as were talks over the refugee issue and the precise terms of sharing sovereignty in Jerusalem - although the two sides agreed in principle to Israeli sovereignty over the city's Jewish neighborhoods and Palestinian sovereignty over its Arab neighborhoods, with the city serving...
...pressure from Bush on specific demands, he has repeatedly emphasized his rejection of withdrawal to 1967 borders or the removal of settlements. Pressure from his own political base will likely limit the extent to which he can be drawn into a bold search for a solution compatible with Taba and the Arab League's peace plan. And Sharon may be calculating that pressure from Capitol Hill will moderate the demands the U.S. president is able to put on Israel...
...decade or more. But Sharon may be swimming against the tide of an emerging international consensus around a two-state solution based on Israel's withdrawal from all or most of the West Bank and Gaza. That's the shared starting point of the tentative agreements reached during Taba talks between Israel and the Palestinians four months after the current intifada began, the relevant U.N. resolutions and the recent Arab League proposal. Even President Bush last Thursday said that "[Israel's] occupation must end through withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries, consistent with United Nations resolutions...