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Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501230359jan23,1,1986716.story
Israelis Still Skeptical of Abbas
(Chicago Tribune) Joel Greenberg - A truce and a coordinated pullout from the Gaza Strip, not a breakthrough toward peace, are the most that can be expected from Sharon and Abbas, said Shmuel Sandler, a political scientist at Bar-Ilan University. "Abbas cannot give up on the political demands long made by Arafat, and Sharon is under pressure from his right flank over his plan to uproot 8,000 settlers," Sandler said. "Nobody realistically expects them to be able to negotiate a final-status agreement."