Israeli FM: Syria&#39;s overture of peace negotiations needs ...
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Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said on Thursday the latest &quot;opportunity&quot; from Damascus needs to be examined in the proper light although Israel wanted very much to renew negotiations with Syria.
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Fearful of being left behind, Syrian President Bashar Assad has been saying something quite startling &#151; that he is willing to resume peace talks with Israel unconditionally.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel slapped down peace overtures from Syria with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reluctant to become diverted in a parallel peace track with Damascus while concentrating on his planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected reported peace overtures by Syria on Wednesday, saying it had to crack down on Islamic militant groups under its control before negotiations that stalled in 2000 could resume.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad is ready to resume peace talks with Israel "without conditions," a top U.N. envoy said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if Damascus dropped its demand that talks resume from the point where they broke off with Israel four years ago.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief will urge Syria on Wednesday to do more to help ease tensions in Lebanon and Iraq during a visit that will end a two-year freeze on high-level EU contacts with Damascus.
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BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad is genuine in his stated desire to restart peace talks with Israel, and the United States needs to play a more active role in bringing both parties
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel offered President Bashar al-Assad of Syria a proposal to begin direct peace negotiations and advised him not to wait for American mediation.
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State-run media called Monday on the United States to begin a direct dialogue with Syria, a day after an influential U.S. senator said Washington could "bridge the gap" between Israel and Syria.
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Turkey's foreign minister meets Israeli leaders in Jerusalem, conveying an upbeat message from Syria.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel was prepared for peace negotiations with Syria under the right conditions but refused to answer questions Monday about a widely reported Israeli air attack in northern Syria.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that he wouldn&#39;t recommend to open negotiations with Syria when terror groups are operating there, Jerusalem Post reported.
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Egypt offered Monday to mediate between  Israel and Syria on a possible resumption of peace talks  without preconditions, after a gap of more than four years.
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Syria, one of Hezbollah's main backers, said Sunday it will press for a cease-fire to end the fighting between Israel and the Islamic militant group but only in the framework of a broader Middle East peace initiative.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad scrambled Tuesday to clarify his requirements for resuming peace talks with Israel, after an Egyptian official said Syria was ready to restart the stalled negotiations without conditions.
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Israel rejected a Syrian offer for an unconditional resumption of peace talks on Wednesday,dismissing it as &quot;nothing new&quot;.
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DAMASCUS, Syria A top UN envoy says Syria&#39;s president is ready to resume peace talks with Israel &quot;without conditions.&quot;.