Unless it squanders this precious opportunity to seal peace with the Palestinians which under the prime ministership of Binyamin Netanyahu is depressingly possible Israel may at last be close to reaping the reward it has earned from its years of struggle.

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BRUSSELS, Belgium (CNN) -- NATO ambassadors have put their seal of approval on sending the first 2, 600 of the 60, 000 peace-keeping troops to monitor the peace accord in the Balkans.

CNN: NATO approves initial Bosnia force