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In the wake of the Gaza conflict, President Barack Obama cannot avoid setting out terms of engagement with the Middle East. The most obvious priority is to provide a template for renewed peace efforts between Israelis & Palestinians, backed by the reconstruction of Gaza's damaged infrastructure. As urgent as this is, the Obama team would be mistaken to divorce short-term goals from a deeper reassessment of the dynamics of the Muslim world. Adapted from the source document.

Ahead of the French holiday rush for relaxation in warm waters, President Nicolas Sarkozy has flung himself into the Mediterranean policy pool. Not content with existing arrangements, plans and processes for dealing with those on the other shore, the President has built his very own scheme, now adopted by the European Union. But the tides have not been altogether kind. Adapted from the source document.

In the long-drawn-out search for peace in the Middle East, it is often said that the Palestinians do not miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. In the throes of an international boycott of the Hamas government elected in January, windows of opportunity have rarely looked so narrow for the Palestinian leadership. Nevertheless, President Mahmoud Abbas' initiative of late May to call a national referendum if national unity talks failed, raised hopes that he was at last asserting authority over Palestinian militants, both in and outside government. Have events on the beaches of Gaza scuppered his chances of success once again?