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International | ISRAEL: The summertime romantic soap opera between Israel and the Palestinians gives way to a sadly more familiar storyline | Mindy Belz

It's not the first time the United States finds itself on the other side of a squeeze play between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. But with nearly a quarter-million American servicemen and women on duty in the Middle East, talking both sides out of all-out civil war takes on new significance.

Only three months ago President Bush sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in a placid Egyptian resort to imagine "two states living side by side in peace and security." For Mr. Bush, the recipe for peace in the Middle East includes not only a Saddam-less Iraq but also a lasting end to the Israeli-Palestinian fight. A ceasefire between the two sides ensued but, as with summer romance, cold winds did blow.

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September 27, 2003, Vol. 18, No. 37

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