How to Use peace process in a Sentence

peace process

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  • All the time, comparisons are made to the peace process with Egypt or Jordan or even Syria.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • After the Yom Kippur War, the government made the decision to move ahead with the peace process with Egypt.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The latest round of violence is another step back for the peace process.
    — Chris Massaro, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But at one critical juncture in the peace process, Mr. Qurei withdrew.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The items on this list sound nice to liberal ears: Defeat Hamas, free the hostages, capsize Netanyahu’s coalition, end the war, and jump-start the peace process.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The Oslo peace process could have settled the Israeli-Palestinian conflict decades ago.
    — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Acts of terrorism and the rise of extremist forces on each side led to the end of the Oslo peace process, but in hindsight, the plan had never had much chance of success.
    — Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • During the peace process, the Guatemalan government wanted to dignify the memory of those killed by the state.
    — Laura Klairmont, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Before the war in Gaza, the Houthis were close to signing an American- and Saudi-backed deal that could have entrenched their position and paved the way for a broader peace process.
    — Shuaib Almosawa, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Its founder was a paramilitary leader who dismissed the peace process and took over the coalition’s control of drug routes.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The question now, for Clinton and the peace process, was whether the Camp David experience has changed the equation in ways that might yield later success.
    — John F. Harris, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • That split the Palestinian government into two parts—in the West Bank and Gaza—and effectively doomed the peace process.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • To keep the occupation going, all advocates of Greater Israel have to do is say no to any peace process.
    — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • That had major implications in the 1990s when the peace process was finally gaining a foothold with the signing of the Oslo Peace Accords.
    — TIME, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The struggling peace process had come to a complete halt amid the violence, and Sharon’s rise at first appeared to mark another victory for the settlers.
    — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • The question now is whether this unity can be steered toward building a legitimate peace process.
    — Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Yes, peace remained unachieved, and no, there were not two states, and yes, Oslo—and seemingly any peace process at all—appeared to slip into history.
    — Emily Tamkin, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2023
  • President Joseph Biden, who was involved in the peace process as a senator, is expected to travel to Dublin and Belfast to celebrate.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Despite a dead peace process and waning interest from other countries, the Palestinians have kept their cause alive.
    — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
  • That election in 2006 occurred with full knowledge of the Hamas platform--to undermine the peace process, destroy Israel and exterminate the Jews.
    — Bradley Gitz, arkansasonline.com, 13 Nov. 2023
  • During the pause, the United States had hoped to engage with other countries on a peace process that would permanently end the hostilities.
    — Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The second prong of the West’s strategy should be to roll out later this year a plan for brokering a cease-fire and a follow-on peace process aimed at permanently ending the conflict.
    — Richard Haass and Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Following the first intifada, which erupted in 1987, the United States began to bring together leaders from the Middle East and the rest of the world to collaborate on a peace process.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, is observing the milestone anniversary with a reunion of key players in the peace process along with Biden’s visit.
    — Darlene Superville, Colleen Long, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Netanyahu believed that severing political ties between the West Bank and Gaza would impede any peace process that could lead to a two-state outcome.
    — Ami Ayalon, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Hamas, an Islamist movement committed to Israel’s destruction, rejected the peace process from the start.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In 1994, the Palestinian flag was raised above the hospital as Palestinians were granted some autonomy after the Oslo peace process.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Catastrophically, the expulsions marked the end of control over Gaza for Palestinians committed to the peace process.
    — TIME, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the division of the Palestinian leadership doomed any effort to revive the peace process and allowed the Israeli settlements to steadily expand in the West Bank.
    — Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
  • As long as Hamas is there, Israel doesn't have to get into any kind of peace process, any kind of serious political negotiation.
    — Sean Rameswaram, Vox, 29 May 2024

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