Israel, Palestinians Prepare for Summit
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A Saturday meeting between Israel's defense minister and a top Palestinian security official went well, Israeli officials said, as the two sides try to reconcile widely differing expectations for an upcoming summit between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel&#39;s prime minster and the man expected to lead the Palestinians following the death of Yasser Arafat are willing to meet, they said at the weekend.
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Arab and Israeli leaders hold a summit in Egypt, in a show of support for Palestinian chief Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on Friday to begin taking reciprocal steps under a long-stalled peace plan to try to narrow gaps ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshal meet for an emergency summit in Mecca Tuesday.
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Israel is prepared to discuss "in general terms" core issues, including borders, in meetings with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after insisting for months that they not be included, officials said on Monday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on Monday to set up negotiating teams to find common ground ahead of a U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders for a rare three-way summit.
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Israel and the Palestinians ended a nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts on Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Palestinian leader under pressure to clean house ahead of peace summit
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The Palestinian president and the Israeli prime minister are to meet early next week in Jerusalem ahead of an expected visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and key meetings of international mediators, officials said Saturday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plan to meet on Tuesday, Abbas's office said on Sunday.
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Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Tuesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were making preparations to hold a meeting.
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Palestinian leaders prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia under intense pressure to prevent civil war in Gaza.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discussed in broad terms yesterday the issues most important to the creation of a Palestinian state in advance of a US-sponsored peace conference proposed for this fall.
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Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday he is ready to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. He told journalists in Cairo, after meeting Arab
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Israel and the Palestinians lifted a  nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts  Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.