Shimon Peres believes Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas one day could win the Nobel Peace Prize. Despite the past five years of fighting and current lackluster efforts at rapprochement, Israel’s sole surviving Nobel Peace laureate said Tuesday he still believed the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian Authority president could secure a diplomatic breakthrough.
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