Sharon and Abbas Express Hope for Gaza Talks
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and Mahmoud Abbas, the favorite to become the new Palestinian leader, said in separate interviews published today that they would be
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his Cabinet on Tuesday that he hopes to meet newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the "near future" &#151; the latest sign that the two sides are trying to work toward peace after years of stalemate.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 â Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed today to set up a team of negotiators to flesh out their understandings of what a permanent, two-state solution would like look and require.
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Palestinian security chiefs hoped to win  an Israeli go-ahead Tuesday to take over wider areas of Gaza to  solidify a de facto cease-fire and help new President Mahmoud  Abbas launch peace talks with Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meet on Tuesday in a last-minute attempt to get stalled peace talks going before a visit by U.S. President George W. Bush.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on Monday to set up negotiating teams to find common ground ahead of a U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed yesterday to meet in Egypt next week for the highest-level talks between the two sides in more than four years of violent conflict.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  will hold his first meeting with new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas next month to try to end a Palestinian uprising  and resume peacemaking, both sides said on Saturday.
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European Union and Arab leaders have voiced hopes of a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process, following recent statements by Israel and Hamas and a three-day old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  traveled to the Gaza Strip on Friday for talks with militants  after fighters bombarded Jewish settlements and threatened his  truce with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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The meeting between Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expected to take place in the Palestinian territories for the first time, aides said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plan to meet on Tuesday, Abbas's office said on Sunday.
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Israel's prime minister says he hopes to meet the Palestinian leader for a summit in the coming days.
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s prime minister reportedly says he&#39;s willing to meet with the new Palestinian leadership to discuss his plans to withdrawal from Gaza.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Prime Minister  Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will try  to end four years of bloodshed and take a step back toward  negotiations at a summit in Egypt Tuesday.
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JERUSALEM, June 21 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Monday for the first time since the armed Islamic movement Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip, holding talks with two moderate Arab leaders who have a large stake in resolving the...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discussed in broad terms yesterday the issues most important to the creation of a Palestinian state in advance of a US-sponsored peace conference proposed for this fall.