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But the lesson of the last two decades is that attacks stop, and intifadas do not start, when there is a prospect of peace and that, when there is no such prospect, Palestinian militancy is uncontainable.

Amid all the gloom and doom of this week's edition, there is some light ahead.

So, the good news of the last decade is just a glimmer of hope.

Hisham of Al Miraat The Moroccan Mirror laments the Palestinian situation but sees hope

a glimmer of hope appeared with Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

PARIS To find a glimmer of hope on the Israel Palestine question has become difficult, if not impossible.

Israel is, of course, entitled to defend itself from rocket attacks. But the lesson of the last two decades is that attacks stop, and intifadas do not start, when there is a prospect of peace and that, when there is no such prospect, Palestinian militancy is uncontainable.

John Halloway, writing for the Guardian, described Blockupy as a glimmer of hope in times of austerity , and argued that it would bring momentum to explosions of creative anger that will follow .

One ray of hope is that moderate Arab leaders, including Egypt's foreign minister, have openly blamed Hamas for the current Gazan predicament.

Well, notwithstanding the gloomy pictures from the Middle East, Darfur, Iraq, elsewhere, there is a longer term trend that does represent some good news.

But we are where we are. A glimmer of hope is Europe s willingness to use the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) imaginatively as equity or first loss cover.

I wish all talent of the world better circumstances than those of the little Syrians in the Jafraa band, who give hope, a tiny light at the end of Syria's dark bloody tunnel.

But there are also glimmers of hope, and I think anytime we're doing a big, big story on this, we don't really want to go and just look at all the problems.

For now, in the struggle for the Russian soul, its venal politics seems to have the upper hand. But, although the country remains mired in violence and fear, there are signs of light in the darkness.

As very often happens, patches of clouds and glimmers of hope are mingled when we analyse the international situation, but one thing remains constant, and that is the central role of the United Nations in the search for international peace and security.

Indeed, the only glimmer of hope remaining for women s equality and dignity in Egypt is the willingness of all who seek such a regime to unite and try yet again to fulfill the democratic promise of Egypt s revolution.

Rising tension on the Korean Peninsula is shattering fast the glimmers of hope for re unity that followed ten years of progress under the Kim Dae Jung and Roh Moo hyun governments.

Mr. Ali Ahmad (Syrian Arab Republic) said that there was still no glimmer of hope for an approaching end to the long standing tragedy of the Palestinian people through full restitution of their legitimate rights, including the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their land.