Mideast
For Arafat, it was an admission of unmitigated weakness, a move that was clearly borne out of dire necessity.
For Arafat, it was an admission of unmitigated weakness, a move that was clearly borne out of dire necessity.
Israel is preparing a package of gestures designed to revive the Mideast peace negotiations that have been frozen since work began on a contentious Jewish housing project at Har Homa in East Jerusalem two months ago.
Despite its propaganda success in the United Nations General Assembly, where 134 countries last weekend denounced Israeli construction on the disputed Har Homa site in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority is in despair over the stagnant peace process.