Israel promises help for Palestinian vote
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Israeli leaders Monday promised US Secretary of State Colin Powell to help the Palestinians elect a president. The elections, in the wake of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, are scheduled for Jan. 9.
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Israeli leaders told visiting Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday that they would do their utmost to allow Palestinians to hold a presidential election, including easing travel restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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A US envoy said before a visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that Israel should take steps to smooth the way for a Palestinian presidential election scheduled for January.
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US asks Israel to help the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, by removing checkpoints and roadblocks near major Palestinian centres.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said he would phone newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas Tuesday to wish him good luck and seek cooperation,  Israel Radio said.
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The European Union moved Monday to bolster the Palestinian emergency government, offering political and financial support and urging Israel to follow suit.
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Israel sought on Monday to shore up  European support for a U.S.-backed strategy of isolating Hamas  in Gaza while freeing funds for President Mahmoud Abbas&#39;s  emergency cabinet in the occupied West Bank.
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Israel carries out its first military operations in Palestinian territories since Sunday's presidential elections.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised Sunday that Israel would work to ensure that next monthâs Palestinian presidential election takes place in a free and fair atmosphere.
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WASHINGTON - Under US encouragement and, in some cases, pressure, Israel has quietly taken steps aimed at strengthening the standing of Palestinian moderates and has agreed to consider others now after the death of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat
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Palestinian officials appealed Thursday for international monitors to help with their presidential elections and urged Israel's unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip be folded into a stalled international peace plan.
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Palestinian officials urged Israel on Saturday to curb military operations as they began to register candidates for an election to replace Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority president.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has received assurances from Israel it will do what it can to help facilitate Palestinian election, scheduled for early January.
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JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinians yesterday agreed on how to hold next month&#39;s election to replace Yasser Arafat â-he latest evidence of progress toward peace in the post-Arafat era.
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Israel threatens to scrap its promise to ease travel restrictions while Palestinians vote for a new leader.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called Mahmoud Abbas yesterday to congratulate him for his landslide victory in an election to replace Yasser Arafat, signaling Israel's readiness to work with the new Palestinian team after years of boycotting Arafat.
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Israeli leaders told Britain&#39;s foreign secretary on Wednesday they would do their utmost to let Palestinians hold elections but criticized the top presidential candidate