Bush Hopes Peace Comes to Palestinians
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President Bush says he hopes Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death will clear the way for successful Mideast peace negotiations with new Palestinian leaders.
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Embarking on his first visit to Jerusalem as president, George W. Bush pressed Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday to seize what he called an historic opportunity and make tough concessions for peace.
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President Bush praised Sunday's  Palestinian elections as an essential step toward the goal of  statehood and promised to help the new president, Mahmoud  Abbas, in a renewed push for peace with Israel.
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US president urges Palestinian people to choose peaceful co-existence with Israel and reject violence.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President George W. Bush said on Thursday he believes a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians will be signed before he leaves office in January 2009.
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President George W. Bush said that after the death of Yasser Arafat there was now a &quot;great chance&quot; to create an independent Palestinian state living at peace with Israel by the time he leaves office in 2009.
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George W. Bush arrived on Wednesday on his first visit to Israel as U.S. president and said he saw a new opportunity for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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President Bush said the election of a new Palestinian Authority president Sunday is a key step toward the establishment of an independent and peaceful Palestinian state.
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U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Israel on Wednesday aiming to boost efforts to achieve a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians before he leaves office in a year.
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BEIJING, Dec. 20 -- United States President George W. Bush says he believes he can help bring peace to the Middle East in his second term.
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President Bush on Monday promised  newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas direct talks  and proposed a White House meeting after years of shunning  Yasser Arafat, and urged Abbas to quickly bolster Palestinian  security forces to take on militants.
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U.S. President George W. Bush heads for the Middle East on Tuesday, aiming to nurture Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the face of deep skepticism while trying to rally Arab opposition to Iran.
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President Bush, trying to nurture fragile peace talks between Israeli and Palestinians, will make his first trip to Israel and the West Bank next month as part of a nine-day swing through the Middle East.
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President George W. Bush held talks  with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Middle East envoy  Tony Blair on Monday seeking to build momentum for a  Israeli-Palestinian peace conference.
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WASHINGTON  - President George W. Bush, meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, declared Friday, "We have a great chance to establish a Palestinian state."
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President Bush promised to return in May for Israelâs 60th anniversary to press for a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians by the end of his term.
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Mr. Bush told reporters Friday after meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair that he sees a âgreat chanceâ for creating a Palestinian state in the aftermath of the death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.