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December 10, 2004
Hopes for Mideast Peace Breakthrough High
Topics: Middle East News and Perspectivesapnews reports:
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A rare optimism is taking hold among Palestinians amid signs of a possible breakthrough in the long-deadlocked Mideast peace process.
Palestinians are looking to next month's election to replace Yasser Arafat as a new opportunity for peace and perhaps the first real democracy in the Arab world - and their support for violent militants appears to be waning, polls say.
"We want to live freely, to live like other human beings, to feel peace and security, not to worry about the future of my sons," said Hisham Karm, 33, speaking on a Gaza street.
The new hopes for peace - stronger than at any time since the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising four years ago - are shared by Israel and much of the international community.
In recent days, Egypt's president praised Ariel Sharon, Israel offered the Palestinians "quiet for quiet" and even Syria said it's ready to talk.
Still, the intefadeh, or uprising, isn't over, peace talks are a ways off and life for most Palestinians is as hard as ever. Read More...
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