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1、EDITORIALAnotherStartforPeaceTalksPublished:September3,2010TheresumptionofdirectpeacetalksbetweenIsraelisandPalestiniansthisweekwasauspicious,despitealonghistoryoffailedattemptsthatfostersjustifiablepessimismabouttheultimatechanceofsuccess.Twodaysofmeetin

2、gsinWashingtonstrucktherighttone.Unlikein1993,whenPrimeMinisterYitzhakRabinofIsraelandthePalestinianleaderYasirArafathadtobeforcedtoshakehandsattheWhiteHouse,PrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahuofIsraelandthePalestinianpresident,MahmoudAbbas,hadnotrouble.Theres

3、ultsweregood:adecisiontomeetagaininEgyptintwoweeksandeverytwoweeksthereaftertonegotiateanagreementonallthecoreissues.ThatmeansthebordersofanewPalestinianstate,securityforIsrael,thestatusofJerusalemandthefutureofPalestinianrefugees.Theleaderssetanambitious

4、one・yeardeadline.Iftheyaretrulycommitted,thatseemsplausible.Butthat，sabigif.WehavelongbeenskepticalthatMr.Netanyahureallywantsadeal.Butheinsistedhehadcometo“findahistoriccompromise^thatwouldendtheconflictandthatherecognizesthat"anotherpeoplesharesthisland

5、withus：HeeventoldMr.Abbas,“youaremypartnerinpeace.”Wewillsoonseeifitwasallpoliticaltheater.MeAbbascametothetablereluctantly.Heistheweakerpartyandmostatriskofbeingblamedforanybreakdown.Still,hepromisedto"worktomakethesenegotiationssucceed"andsaidsecurity—a

6、majorissueforIsrael—“isvitalforbothofUS."Predictably,peaceopponentstriedtotorpedothetalks.ButMr.Netanyahudidn^twalkoutwhenHamasrejectionistskilledfourIsraelisnearHebron.AndMr.Abbasnotonlycondemnedtheattackbuthissecurityforceswentafterthoseresponsible.Hedi

7、dn^twalkoutwhensomeIsraelisettlersbegannewsettlementconstructionevenbeforeaSept.26moratoriumistoexpire.PresidentObamaandhisteamseemtohavefoundafirmerfootingthanlastyear・NowheneedstofollowthroughonhispromisetomaketheUnitedStatesanactiveparticipantinthetalk

8、s.Adurablepeacedealwilltakeevenmore.SaudiArabiaandotherArabstateswhohavelongcalledforaPalestinianhomelandmustjoinEgyptandJordaninactivelybackingthePalestiniansandthetalks.TheIsraeliandPalestinianpeoplemustbegintosee