Olmert says Israel has 'free hand' on blockade
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UN envoy fails to secure meeting on five-day visit as 'political crisis' deepens
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Comment is free: We must pursue a comprehensive solution with energy and vision, writes Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert.
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Israel lifts a ban on contacts with the new Palestinian leader, opening the way for security talks.
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Israel orders closure of crossings, preventing people going out and UN trucks from delivering food aid
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Israel said it received assurances that Lebanese and international forces would block arms from being smuggled to Hezbollah.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday ruled out relaxing Israel's grip on the occupied West Bank until the Palestinians rein in militants after a shooting attack killed two off-duty Israeli soldiers.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reached out to the Palestinians on Monday in one of his most conciliatory speeches yet, saying he was prepared to grant them a state, release desperately needed funds and free prisoners if they choose the path of peace.
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Israeli leader tells lawmakers that his plan is the only way for the nation to be secure. JERUSALEM -- Israel gave Yasser Arafat permission Monday to leave his compound briefly to receive medical treatment
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SDE BOKER, Israel  - Israel is ready to release many jailed Palestinians in return for a soldier seized by militants in June, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Monday, saying he was reaching out for peace.
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Israel said on Wednesday it would lift   an eight-week-old air and sea blockade of Lebanon at 11 a.m. ET   on Thursday, handing over control to international forces.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel said it will lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon on Thursday as it faced widespread international pressure more than three weeks after a cease-fire took effect, ending a bloody monthlong conflict with Hezbollah guerrillas.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected   on Monday international criticism of Israel's offensive in Gaza   and demands by militants to free Palestinian prisoners in   exchange for an abducted Israeli soldier.
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Israel will not block Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from assuming control of the Gaza Strip's breached border crossing with Egypt as part of an agreement with Cairo, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
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Less than a year after withdrawing from Gaza, Israel has discovered it cannot wash its hands of the teeming coastal strip, raising questions about Prime Minister Ehud Olmert&#039;s contentious plan to stage a similar pullout from large parts of the West Bank.
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Israel wants to cut its links with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after militants blasted open the territory's border with Egypt in defiance of an Israeli blockade, Israel's deputy defence minister said on Thursday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israel has agreed "in  principle" to withdraw forces from West Bank cities and give  Palestinians policing rights in these areas, a powerful  Palestinian security figure told Reuters on Thursday.
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Israel's attorney general urged the government Thursday to swiftly reroute its barrier in the occupied West Bank to minimize the risk of international sanctions after the World Court deemed the project illegal.