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Middle-East peace talks: if they build it, will Abbas come?

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As the 2nd round of Mideast peace talks gets underway in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is warning he'll leave the table if Israel resumes building in West Bank settlements. His negotiating partner, Israeli P.Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing intense pressure from his right-wing allies to let the partial settlement freeze expire.For both men, it's a fine balance between conceding too much and letting what some are calling the last, best hope for peace, collapse.

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Christopher DICKEY
Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional Editor, Newsweek
 
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