Successive U.S. Administrations have thus called on Israel to suspend further settlements in the interest of a wider peace.

Mr. Clinton, who was careful not to highlight differences in his public comments, spoke more generally of the need to pursue a wider peace.

American and European diplomats have been arguing that the one positive result of the Lebanon war could be new momentum toward a wider Middle East peace.

A wider international peace was agreed, in which several territories were exchanged.

American officials acknowledge that Washington, for its own national interests, cannot simply walk away from efforts to reach a wider peace in the Middle East.

They provide an early warning system for threats to our security and to wider peace, and assist British nationals in times of crisis.

"Once you've created a wider peace in the Middle East, you take the wind out of the sails of people who want to destabilize things."

Without Arab unity it will be very difficult to make progress in Gaza and in the wider Middle East peace process.

America, too, would benefit from a wider peace in Northeast Asia.

What about the possibilities for a wider Arab-Israeli peace?