Mahmood Abas New Palestinian President

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It seems that mr Abbass has been ushered in as the new president. How do you think that would affect the peace process in the middle east. Arial Sharon has suspended talks with him until he can reduce the violence as some israelis were murdered there recently. Do you think he can make a difference? Do you think he is better than Arafat?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4176759.stm

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Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas vowed to reach a negotiated end to the vicious circle of Middle East violence as he was sworn in against a grim backdrop of deadly clashes in Gaza and a freezing of contacts by Israel.

In his inauguration speech, delivered six days after his landslide victory in the election to replace the late Yasser Arafat, Abbas told MPs that he wanted a mutual ceasefire and Israelis must learn to share land with the Palestinians if their four-year conflict was to be brought to an end.
But as he spoke, new violence raged in the Gaza Strip where eight Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli troops.

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/AfpNews/200501162006041105877164.89/indexb_html