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Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-02-17-mideast-talks_x.htm
Border Talks Exclude Palestinians
(USA Today) Barbara Slavin - For the first time in a half-century of Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel is negotiating its boundaries not with its adversaries but with its longtime ally, the United States, according to Israeli, Palestinian, and former U.S. officials. The road map appears all but dead, and a high-level U.S. official acknowledges that the administration is working with Prime Minister Sharon to refine his proposal for a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and to determine the route of a security barrier on the West Bank. If Sharon's plan goes through, the Bush administration hopes the World Bank and the EU will provide substantial economic aid to mollify Palestinians.