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	<title>Future Atlas &#187; Palestine</title>
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		<title>Mideast Turmoil: A Forecast Compilation</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/30/mideast-turmoil-a-forecast-compilation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/30/mideast-turmoil-a-forecast-compilation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a roundup of some of the fast-accumulating forecasts for Egypt and the Middle East, particularly those taking a longer view (including some of my own).
General

Threats to US interests &#8212; &#8220;Were demonstrations to spread in a big way to Jordan and Saudi Arabia, a catastrophe could be looming. A more enlightened, pro-American regime than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel&#8217;s Expanding Settlements</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/09/israels-expanding-settlements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/09/israels-expanding-settlements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Middle East Progress this week interviewed retired Israeli colonel Shaul Arieli about Israel&#8217;s settlements, which are now arguably the chief obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Arieli made these points:

Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories continue to expand, and &#8220;outposts&#8221; are being made more substantial.  This expansion is occurring outside the main &#8220;settlement blocs,&#8221; including in settlements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel: considering Saudi peace plan</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/27/israel-considering-saudi-peace-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/27/israel-considering-saudi-peace-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Israeli leaders are seriously considering a dormant Saudi plan offering a comprehensive peace between Israel and the Arab world in exchange for lands captured during the 1967 war,&#8221; reports say.
The 2002 Saudi plan is unusually straightforward, and has been endorsed by the 22-member Arab League: Arab states would fully recognize Israel in return for Israel&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-determination: odds on 6 new states</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/28/self-determination-odds-on-6-new-states/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/28/self-determination-odds-on-6-new-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-determination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Policy offers the odds on six new states achieving independence:
1. Kosovo
Odds &#8212; &#8220;strong&#8221;: driven by US and EU support, it has a good shot at full independence from Serbia
2. South Sudan
Odds &#8212; &#8220;not great&#8221;: a 2011 &#8220;referendum will probably happen; and it will probably come out in favor of independence; and Khartoum will almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palestinians: less intent on &#8220;returning&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/27/palestinians-less-intent-on-returning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/27/palestinians-less-intent-on-returning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NYT reports on a key issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the Palestinians &#8220;right of return&#8221;.
Some 700,000 Palestinians were driven or fled from their homes at Israel&#8217;s founding in 1948, and their descendants number some 4.3 million, based on UN refugee numbers.  So &#8220;returning&#8221; to Israel might be morally reasonable, but is practically extreme, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel-Palestine: the Palestinian position</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/08/20/israel-palestine-the-palestinian-position/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/08/20/israel-palestine-the-palestinian-position/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pronouncements from Hamas officials indicate that some in the movement hold a potential moderate position that could be conducive to peace.  Said Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, “We have no problem with a sovereign Palestinian state over all our lands within the 1967 borders, living in calm.”  Another official stated that &#8220;We believe in two states [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel / Palestine &#8212; steps toward peace</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/04/israel-palestine-steps-toward-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/04/israel-palestine-steps-toward-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 02:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two encouraging news items from the Middle East:
Israel is reportedly considering compromising on Jerusalem, divesting itself of almost all Arab neighborhoods, whose inhabitants consider themselves under occupation.
Ceasing to be an occupier is essential to Israel&#8217;s chances for peace, whether a cold peace of separation, or something better.
On the other side of the divide, a Hamas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel backs away from the precipice</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/10/israel-backs-away-from-the-precipice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/10/israel-backs-away-from-the-precipice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The March elections in Israel represent a step toward a more stable future for the country &#8212; but only a preliminary one.
An Israeli political science professor suggests in the CSM that Israel was presented with three futures to choose from:

&#8220;the right-wing utopia of greater Israel by blood and fire&#8221;
&#8220;the left-wing utopia of peace and harmony&#8221;
disengagement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palestine under Hamas</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/05/palestine-under-hamas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/05/palestine-under-hamas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 02:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steven Erlanger recently offered some unusually forward-looking analysis of post-election Palestine in the IHT.
Principal points:

Hamas takes a long view, and is likely to focus on a domestic agenda for now, maintaining a cease-fire with Israel.
As the Palestinian arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas&#8217; &#8220;victory has enormous resonance for radical Islam everywhere.&#8221;
The &#8220;peace process&#8221; of recent [...]]]></description>
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