Israel and Palestinians launch peace talks in discord
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The first peace talks in seven years between Israel and the Palestinians opened in discord on Wednesday with the Palestinians demanding a halt to settlement building and Israel calling for a crackdown on militants.
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CAIRO, June 24 -- Israel and its Arab neighbors readied for a summit Monday to explore restarting  the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in an attempt to shore up the emergency government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Mideast negotiators held talks Tuesday, a day after Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian leaders pledged to work to renew the peace process.
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A new cease-fire and a strikingly conciliatory speech by Israel's prime minister are raising hopes for progress in Mideast peacemaking.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals open crisis talks on Wednesday to end deadly factional fighting before a new bid to revive stalled peace negotiations with Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed Sunday to authorize peace talks, which could begin Monday, according to the offices of both leaders.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Monday for talks overshadowed by a Palestinian unity deal that ended factional fighting but cast a new cloud over prospects for peace with Israel.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan to meet ahead of this week's visit by U.S. President George W. Bush to try to jumpstart peace talks that a right-wing minister said could break up Israel's coalition government.
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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders hold talks in Jerusalem designed to bolster the Palestinian government.
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Israel and the Palestinians opened on Monday their most serious peace talks in seven years, urged by U.S. President George W. Bush to reach a deal within a year despite heavy public skepticism.
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PARIS -- The foreign ministers of Israel and Morocco held their first publicly disclosed talks in years yesterday, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the heart of the discussion.
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Palestinian leaders must overcome their   differences and present a united front if peace talks with   Israel are to succeed, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon   Peres said on Wednesday.
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India and Pakistan began talks on  Saturday looking for ways to nudge forward a peace process that  appears to be running into problems over their half-century  dispute over the Kashmir region.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday in a new effort to narrow differences on making peace before a U.S.-hosted conference due later this year.
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Signs of discord emerged between  India and Pakistan as foreign ministers from the nuclear-armed  rivals met on Sunday to review and advance a peace process that  has faltered recently over Kashmir.
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The president also called for an autumn meeting of Israelis, Palestinians and their neighbors to help restart peace talks.
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JERUSALEM - In a drive to jump-start the moribund peace process, Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived here Sunday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders about steps to help carry out the Palestinian political transition after the death of