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Article: New push for Mideast peace.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 20, 2007
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Byline: Howard LaFranchi Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington -- At least since Ronald Reagan called the search for Middle East peace a "moral imperative" in 1982, US presidents have kept the issue high on their agenda. Now, after six years of relegating a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to secondary status, the Bush administration - led by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and prodded by regional actors ranging from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Jordan's King Abdullah - appears ready to try to give new life to the process.
The change comes as the split between the Palestinians of Mr. Abbas's Fatah ...