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lexibility in negotiating with Israel. At an October 9th, meeting with European diplomats in Ramallah, according to the Associated Press, President Mahmoud Abbas indicated his willingness to drop the longstanding demand that Israel freeze settlement construction as a precondition to peace talks after the Gen
the West, it is General Mohammed Ali Jafari, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Hardened by torture in the prisons of the former Shah, Jafari was among the students who stormed the US Embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979. He later fought in the Iran-Iraq War, and in 2007 Jafari, who has a de
tary force than the regular army. Of the 21 ministers in the Iranian cabinet, 13 have completed Pasdaran training. Within this group of hardliners, Jafari, 55, is seen being particularly unyielding. In 2009, for example, he declared that Iran would fire missiles at Israel's nuclear research center in
n solved yet. There is a problem with occupation. So far, Israel has failed to reach an agreement — with [Yasser] Arafat in the past and Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] now. We hear that even Hamas is supporting the idea of a two-state solution, but we don't see Israel going towards this solution. So you're not t
mad Ali Jafari, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, about what Zarif said were Iran's limited military capabilities. "I respect Gen. Jafari's remarks, his views, and I expect him to have differences of views with me," he said. He also noted that some hard-liners in Iran who oppose a dea
the Palestine Liberation Organization as a first step toward melding Fatah with Hamas to create a new united Palestinian movement. With its chief Mahmoud Abbas anxious to throw in the towel and not a single candidate to replace him, Fatah is in search of a leader. Meshaal could fill that gap while reasser
Iranians, who are EFTA_R1_00482803 EFTA01990235 typically accustomed to dismissing such talk. When reformist MP Mohammed Reza Tabesh criticized Jafari's remarks in parliament, the hard-line majority shouted him down with cries of "Allahu Akbar." "When people see their top military commander and o
f the Palestine Liberation Organization as a first step toward melding Fatah with Hamas to create a new united Palestinian movement. With its chief Mahmoud Abbas anxious to throw in the towel and not a single candidate to replace him, Fatah is in search of a leader. Meshaal could fill that gap while reassert
d expectations of an attack among Iranians, who are typically accustomed to dismissing such talk. When reformist MP Mohammed Reza Tabesh criticized Jafari's remarks in parliament, the hard-line majority shouted him down with cries of "Allahu Akbar." "When people see their top military commander and of
Entities connected to both Mahmoud Abbas and Jafari

Jerusalem
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Barack Obama
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Fatah
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Bashar al-Assad
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Lebanon
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United States
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Tehran
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Cairo
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West Bank
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Tunisia
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Damascus
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Bill Clinton
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Hosni Mubarak
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Yemen
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Marc Rich
PERSONthe West Bank
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Hillary Clinton
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Vladimir Putin
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