BBC NEWS | Middle East | Peace 'a mirage' for Palestinians

Page last updated at 16:05 GMT, Saturday, 17 January 2009 The muqata - the Palestinian president's compound in Ramallah - is a rather bleak expanse of tarmac at the best of times. On the day that President George W Bush descended, almost exactly a year ago, the muqata was blanketed in the filthiest weather. George Bush's sense of optimism, though, was radiant. "In order for there to be lasting pea

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Jan. 17/’"If you talk to Palestinian people on the street, and mention the words 'peace process', they not only feel sick, they feel angry," says Dr Aker. "This was one of the major reasons why Hamas won that overwhelming majority…’