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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/01/AR2008030101723.html
In Search for Peace, a Shrinking White House Role
[Washington Post] Glenn Kessler - As Secretary of State Rice headed back to the Middle East this week, three months after President Bush hosted a peace conference bringing together Israelis and Arabs in Annapolis, prospects for peace have shifted dramatically. There has been little clear movement in peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, while the Iranian-backed militant group Hamas has shown increasingly that it can set the region's agenda. A poll published in the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot last week showed that 69% of Israelis surveyed believed the talks would not bring peace, while 78% believed the talks were being held only for political reasons.