The Israeli Right Has A Peace Plan ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Letter From Israel/antiwar.com by Ran Hacohen - (Blog) October 16, 2007 - 12:36pm While the world holds its breath in anticipation of the Mideast Summit in Annapolis – which, no doubt, will constitute a historic landmark, giving a most significant boost to the economy of that small town in Maryland – the Israeli right wing comes up with a new peace initiative, launched by MK Benny Elon, chairman of the National Union and the Moledet Party, as "The Israeli Initiative," "a new way of thinking about the conflict, in learning from our mistakes, and in rereading the regional map toward a revitalized and genuine quest to achiev » Read more

Rice Pushes Mideast Parties On Plan To Revive Peace Talks ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Michael Abramowitz - October 16, 2007 - 12:26pm Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Israelis and Palestinians on Monday to compromise on a plan to jump-start peace negotiations, describing the ending of their long conflict as one of the top goals of President Bush in the 15 months he has left in office. » Read more

Rice Hints At Timing Of Mideast Talks ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Steven Lee Myers - October 16, 2007 - 12:24pm It has officially been a secret of American diplomacy, if not a particularly well-kept one: the time and place of the international conference called by President Bush to begin negotiating peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians.   Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday lifted the secrecy and, perhaps, nudged the process forward. » Read more

Mideast Summit Faces Huge Challenges ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Steven Gutkin - October 16, 2007 - 12:22pm Israel keeps building settlements, Islamic militants are in control in Gaza and both the Israelis and the Palestinians have politically vulnerable leaders. All that will make it difficult to implement an agreement even if the two sides agree on a path to peace at a summit next month. Weighing heavily on the U.S.-brokered summit is memory. Everyone remembers the steep price paid for the failure of the last round of peacemaking in 2001: thousands killed in years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting that broke out months after the talks fell apart. » Read more