Israel and Palestinians open talks
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Israel and the Palestinians opened their most serious peace talks in seven years on Monday, urged by President George W. Bush to reach a deal within a year despite deep public skepticism.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials begin negotiations to end a massive army operation in Gaza, Israeli sources say.
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JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed yesterday to set up negotiating teams on the core issues standing in the way of Palestinian statehood, bringing the two sides a step closer to full-fledged peace talks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hold talks on Sunday that are only likely to highlight their divisions over a Palestinian unity government whose formation appears imminent.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Thursday to try to overcome disputes over Jewish settlements that have paralyzed U.S.-backed peace talks.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday in a new effort to narrow differences on making peace before a U.S.-hosted conference due later this year.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday in a new effort to narrow differences ahead of a U.S.-hosted conference on Palestinian statehood due later this year.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem.
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Israel's opposition Labour party  began talks on Saturday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party on joining his coalition, a partnership aimed at  promoting a planned Gaza withdrawal.
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Description: The Israeli government announces it will hold talks with Palestinian officials to coordinate presidential elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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The Palestinian and Israeli leaders met for the second time this month today to discuss the "core issues" that would have to be tackled before a Palestinian state could be inaugurated.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel and the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas have resumed security talks after a long break, both sides said yesterday, a new sign of cooperation between Israel and Palestinian moderates since the Hamas takeover of Gaza.
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Israel said it hoped a visit on Wednesday by Egyptian and Jordanian envoys will lead to the opening of diplomatic contacts with other Arab states over their land-for-peace plan despite disagreements over key components.
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SDEROT, Israel -- Israel renewed limited contacts with the Palestinian Authority yesterday as the two sides held security talks to discuss a spike in violence in the Gaza Strip, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
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Senior Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will open talks on Monday on the most sensitive issues such as the future of Jerusalem as part of a U.S.-led push for a peace deal this year, officials said.
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JERUSALEM, June 21 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Monday for the first time since the armed Islamic movement Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip, holding talks with two moderate Arab leaders who have a large stake in resolving the...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas say they are willing to hold talks.