Is Mr Barak saying what Mr Netanyahu cannot yet say but is, however reluctantly, preparing to say if the negotiations go well?

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There is the makings of a promising team at Chelmsford but they are not strong enough yet, however, to be among the favourites to win a trophy.

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He has yet to address the larger point, however, namely that their continuing presence is but one of many reasons why there is no real "peace" in the Balkans, only a temporary absence of hostilities.

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