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Peres Holds False Hope For a 'Better Place'

Will the fate of Israeli President Shimon Peres' vision of peace be any different from that of the Israeli electric car, which shattered in a resounding crash?
Israel's President Shimon Peres steps into his car after attending a memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem July 16, 2007. Nobel peace laureate Peres was sworn in as Israel's president on Sunday and pledged to seize the opportunity to encourage long-delayed efforts to achieve a diplomatic resolution to conflict in the Middle East.  REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM) - RTR1RX70
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At a brief news conference with Israeli reporters who came to cover the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at the end of last week (May 24-26) in Jordan, I asked Israeli President Shimon Peres whether the Palestinian demand that negotiations on a permanent Israeli-Palestinian arrangement be based on the 1967 border was reasonable, in his view.

The main thing is to enter negotiations,” he said, avoiding the question in his typical light fashion.

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