Sharon declares 2005 year of &quot;great historic opportunity&quot;
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, insisting that Israel has no wish to rule over the Palestinians, declared yesterday that 2005 would be &quot;the year of a great historic opportunity&quot; in the Middle East.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death opens a window of opportunity. The Palestinian leader who loomed so large for so many years - and who had recently been rejected as a partner by Israel
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US President George W. Bush said that he saw 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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Predicting a year of opportunity for peace talks, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon held out the prospect of an independent state for the Palestinians if they stop violence against Israel, but Palestinian officials dismissed the gesture as nothing new.
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Israeli leader Ariel Sharon said on Thursday conditions were right for a "historic breakthrough" on Middle East peace after measures taken by new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to bring calm.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2004. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a historic victory Tuesday when parliament voted to approve his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank the first time lawmakers have authorized the removal of Jewish settlements from lands the
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&quot;Ehud Olmert is in good shape, he jogs,&quot; Dov Weisglass, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s top aide, commented last June.
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, has admitted for the first time that his government does not intend to honour the American-backed &quot;road map&quot; to peace.
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IN ADVANCE of a showdown with Likud party hard-liners, the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s government yesterday issued its largest authorisation of new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank since the unveiling of the international peace ...
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[World News]: Tel Aviv, Dec 1 : Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appears heading to a certain defeat in parliament when he presents his government&#39;s proposed budget for 2005.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks at an annual academic conference in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv December 16, 2004. Sharon said Israel was ready to coordinate its Gaza withdrawal plan with a future
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon predicts 2005 will be the year of peace. Meanwhile, Israelis, Palestinians and key members of the international community are taking steps to make it happen.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sounded a note of optimism about the prospects for Middle East peace, crediting the new leadership of the Palestinian Authority for the brightened outlook.
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ISRAEL&#39;S PRIME Minister Ariel Sharon made it clear recently that his plan for a unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip is not intended as a prelude to a comprehensive peace agreement but is meant to serve as a replacement for the road map to Mideast
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says 2005 offers a historic opportunity for peace with the Palestinians.
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Israel has approved measures it says are aimed at ensuring that next month&#39;s Palestinian election goes smoothly. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the whole world had to see that Israel would allow a free and fair poll.