Arab Democrats Feel Betrayed by Bush (washingtonpost.com): "Democratically inclined commentators in the region's online media are reeling from what they feel is the one-two-three punch of President Bush's rejection last week of Palestinians' 'right of return' to their families' former homes in what is now Israel; Bush's endorsement of Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from Gaza and make permanent some Jewish settlements on the West Bank; and Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi. "
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