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DETROIT — Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean of Vermont supports a two-state solution with Israelis and Palestinians living side by side, but says a comprehensive peace plan will only come through sacrifice and commitment by the leadership on both sides. An American president brokering such a deal would go a long way toward improving U.S.-Arab relations, Dean told about 200 people on the second day of the Arab American Institute’s National Leadership Conference on Saturday. The former Vermont governor said the U.S. needs to help build economic opportunity in the West Bank, and both sides must learn they can be...

More than three years after the collapse of negotiations with Palestinian Authority and the outbreak of violence, Israelis are voicing increasing skepticism over the road map and the creation of a Palestinian state, a poll released Tuesday shows. Asked what the best thing the US should do to promote peace, only 17 percent said support the road map, compared to 26% who prefer alternatives which will maintain Jewish sovereignty over the Land of Israel, 24% who said play a less active role, and 23% who said encourage regime change in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Syria. Ten percent of the 500...