Abbas and Sharon: Nobel Peace Prize 2005?

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<http://www.cafebabel.com/en/dossier.asp?id=139>Abbas and Sharon: Nobel
Peace Prize 2005?
On January 9th, Palestine will most probably elect the moderate Mahmoud
Abbas as Yasser Arafatís successor. Meanwhile Sharon plans to withdraw from
Gaza. The stars are well positioned for peace in the Middle East.

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1042> Widow of Opportunity?
The whole world is following the Palestinian presidential elections in
order to see if the Palestinian people can unite in a time of crisis,
following the death of the ëFather of the Nationí
		 Uri Avnery - Tel-Aviv

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=A&Id=1041> Hope for peace
Professor Galia Golan of Peace Now, the internationally renowned Israeli
peace organisation, writes for cafÈ babel on the prospects for peace
following the Palestinian elections
		 Galia Golan - Ra'anana

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=2888> Moratinos: "2005
could be the year of reconciliation"
Miguel ¡ngel Moratinos, current Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister and
previous EU Special Envoy for the Middle East, gives us his optimistic
vision for the immediate future of the area
		 Fernando Navarro - Madrid

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=2895> Is Sharon another Rabin?
The plan to vacate the Gaza Strip has taken on a new dimension with Yasser
Arafat's death. But the extreme right in Israel is trying hard to make sure
Israel does not withdraw from biblical territory
		 Viktor Brech - Saint Andrews

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=2903> ìNo one can command
the same compliance as Arafatî
Only a Palestinian state can bring long-term peace, says Middle East expert
Margret Johannsen.
		 Dinah Stieber - Hamburg

 <http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=2887> The King is dead ñ
long live peace?
Arafat has died, and without him starts a new era in the Middle East. For
Europe this new situation provides an opportunity to step forward as a
credible promoter of democracy and to breathe new life into the peace
process
		 Tobias Lenz - Santiago de Chile



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