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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/889715.html
Jerusalem Lowering Expectations over Peace Talks
[Ha'aretz] Aluf Benn - Seven years after the failed Camp David summit, and six and a half years after negotiations ended with the Taba talks, Israel has started talking with the Palestinians on a peace agreement again. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Jericho on Monday to launch a dialogue on the future Palestinian state. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes the parties will reach an agreed-on diplomatic formula by November's Washington summit. During Rice's recent visit, behind closed doors, she was more interested in practical action like the rehabilitation of the Palestinian security forces and removing roadblocks, and talked less concretely about the stages that will bring about a Palestinian state.