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Abbas Quits in Blow to Mideast Peace Plan
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 06, 2003 02:23pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Saturday, September 6, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By John Ward Anderson and Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, September 6, 2003; 12:43 PM
RAMALLAH, West Bank--Mahmoud Abbas, the appointed prime minister of the Palestinian Authority considered by the United States and Israel as crucial partner for creating a new era of peace in the Middle East, submitted his resignation today after an embattled four-month tenure.
Abbas told Palestinian legislators in a closed session today that he was quitting because of continuing clashes with Yasser Arafat, the elected leader of the Palestinian Authority, and the failure of the United States and Israel to back his fragile government with substantive efforts to move the peace process forward, according to lawmakers present at the meeting.
The decision by Abbas to leave the position that President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hoped would sideline Arafat will make a resurrection of the U.S.-backed peace process, called the "road map," even more difficult after its collapse under the pressure of renewed bloodshed on both sides in recent weeks. |
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