Fairly Remarkable

Granted, it is too early to start drawing conclusions, but this is pretty significant nonetheless: Israeli, Palestinian Premiers Discuss Peace Plan (especially after Arafat attempted to re-insert himself into the process earlier in the week.)

And this isn't too helpful:

The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group affiliated with the Fatah (news - web sites) faction of President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) and Abbas, issued a statement in which it said it rejected "the road map to hell."