The Middle East's political map is changing.

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The imminent power shift represents a stark change in ideologies: Abbas has long been a conduit of the White House-backed road map to Middle East peace.

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She said political settlements will be based on the road map for Middle East peace backed by the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations.

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So while then-prime minister Ehud Barak for instance claimed that his offer to cede the Temple Mount was contingent on the signing of a peace treaty, when the so-called Middle East Quartet issued its road map plan for peace, Barak's ostensibly canceled offer was the starting point of negotiations.

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He said Hamas' participation violates international agreements, including the Oslo accords and the "road map" for Middle East Peace.

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The marvel of an early Byzantine mosaic map of the Middle East was discovered on a church floor here last century and is on view today.

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The road map peace plan, adopted by the Bush administration together with the other members of the Middle East Quartet (the EU, Russia and the UN) in 2003, is similarly explicit.

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