What's Behind the Arab-Israel Summit
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Analysis: The meeting of Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is designed to warn Hamas of the consequences of going it alone
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By Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor and Inigo Gilmore in Herzliya. Israel threw its weight yesterday behind Tony Blair&#39;s plans to hold an international Middle East conference in London in February, but left
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Israel and the Palestinians ended a  nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts  Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
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In a bold initiative, Egypt summoned the leaders of Israel, the Palestinians and Jordan on Wednesday to a long-awaited summit next week, and they agreed to attend.
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Why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be a priority for the next administration
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Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan  Shalom called on Wednesday for a Middle East summit with a U.S.  and European role to boost new reform-minded Palestinian  leaders and foster peace moves taking in Arab states as well.
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Analysis: Why there's little grounds for optimism that Tony Blair, Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas can restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
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Israelis, Americans, Arabs and dignitaries from around the world have been welcome in this "city of peace" that will host Tuesday's Mideast summit. One man, however, had been kept at a distance until now: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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A meeting between Israel's defense minister and a top Palestinian security official Saturday went well, Israeli officials said, as the two sides try to reconcile widely differing expectations for an upcoming summit between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
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A planned summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was put off on Wednesday in a sign of differences over the scope of Israeli steps to bolster the Fatah leader.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s Mideast peace push suffered a setback on the eve of his visit when Israel said it would not attend the Mideast conference he&#39;s proposing
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Tony Blair has arrived in Israel to launch a new push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The Prime Minister is to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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Israel on Sunday signaled it will consider freeing some Palestinian prisoners involved in attacks on Israelis, defusing a crisis with the Palestinian Authority ahead of a historic Mideast summit.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators gathers for the first time with Tony Blair as special envoy on Thursday at a meeting expected to focus on a U.S. push to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves.
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Israel&#39;s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says that his country will not take part in a Middle East conference. Reports say Britain is organising a conference, but as yet, however, nothing has been announced.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders are set to meet to try to ease peace problems ahead of the US president's key tour.
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JERUSALEM -- The 22-country Arab League will send envoys on a historic first mission to Israel this week to discuss a sweeping Arab peace initiative and how it might prop up Mahmoud Abbas, the embattled Palestinian president.