This includes Ahmed Korei (Abu Ala), Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Mr Dahlan himself.

ECONOMIST: The Middle East

These now include an Israeli-Palestinian one: an unsigned and unpublished document concluded by Shimon Peres, Israel's foreign minister, and Ahmed Korei (Abu Ala), the speaker of the Palestinian parliament.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians

To Mr Peres, who believes there is still hope of talking peace with Mr Arafat, who knew, and approved, of his negotiations with Mr Korei, unilateralism is a counsel of despair.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians

Like Mr Abbas, Mr Korei was an architect of the Oslo peace accords in the early 1990s, is opposed to the armed Palestinian intifada (uprising) and has good relations with Europe, the Arab states and many Israelis.

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