"The king has always said that strength comes from unity of the Palestinian front," he said.

And if you add to that the ongoing violence on the Palestinian front, the situation is obviously deteriorating.

The problem was not only on the Palestinian front.

In general, Mr. Netanyahu and his aides argued that they had been unfairly accused of stalling on the Palestinian front.

A Certain Optimism "It may represent the first breakthrough on the Palestinian front in a century and it creates a certain optimism," Mr. Harris said.

Indian cavalry participated in actions on both the Western and Palestinian fronts throughout the war.

On the Palestinian front, stark differences among the parties still remained.

But on the Palestinian front, too, the officials' rhetoric can often be belligerent at the same time that closed-door negotiations with the Israelis are quite cordial.

Al Jazeera also gives a higher priority to breaking news on the Palestinian front than any other story, again reflecting widespread Arab sentiment.

That was true on both the Syrian and Palestinian fronts, he says.