European leaders set demands on Abbas
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JERUSALEM -- European leaders told the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, that a unity government must clearly recognize Israel, renounce violence, and accept interim peace deals in order for sanctions to end, Abbas aides said yesterday.
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President Bush is expected to call on Europe to assume a key role in helping the new Palestinian leadership build and support institutions and prepare for negotiations
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The Bush administration is reaching out to European allies for a possible new push for peace in the Middle East if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is replaced by more
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Israel's prime minister is pressing for an agreement with Palestinians ahead of a US-hosted summit.
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As the Palestinians&#39; main donor and Israel&#39;s top commercial partner, Europe could be a major player in pushing to restart the stalled Middle East peace process in the post-Yasser Arafat era.
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Â· French, German and Italian leaders meet BrownÂ· Barroso urges 'targeted and proportionate' action
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The European Union on Monday  raised the possibility of sending its monitors back to Gaza's  breached border with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas sought to rally Western support to sideline Hamas.
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MAHMOUD Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader, has called for an end to armed attacks against Israeli targets in an attempt to mark out a new strategy for peace in the wake of Yasser Arafatâs death.
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The European Union will resume direct aid to the Palestinians as part of efforts to support President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Monday.
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Palestinian PM and Hamas leader Ismail Haniya urges the US and EU to lift their boycott of the Palestinian Authority.
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Leaders from Israel, Egypt and Jordan met today to show support for the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faces  a crucial test of his new leadership on Tuesday when he visits  Gaza to try to persuade militants defying his calls for calm to  agree to cease attacks on Israel.
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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, pressed Israel and the United States today to make sure that an upcoming Middle East peace conference this fall tackles the big, politically sensitive âfinal statusâ issues.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas urged  militant groups on Tuesday to help with an orderly succession  to Yasser Arafat, as Israel talked of possible coordination  with Palestinians on its Gaza pullout plan.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday called on the world to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas amid escalating violence and political turmoil in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas won European and Arab backing on Monday for taking  control of Gaza's breached border with Egypt, intensifying his  power struggle with the Hamas Islamists who rule the enclave.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for an international conference to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict and urged Israel to drop its opposition to a meeting that would address all outstanding issues.