Commentary: Empowering Mahmoud Abbas

From: NPR Morning Edition | Date: June 4, 2003| Author: BOB EDWARDS | Copyright information


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06-04-2003

Commentary: Empowering Mahmoud Abbas

Host: BOB EDWARDS
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

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On his second day in the Middle East, President Bush is meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas, to discuss the road map for peace. As part of a series of commentaries on the Middle East, Fawaz Gerges says the new Palestinian prime minister is not negotiating from a position of...

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