Israel, Palestinians start tough talks
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators took on the most contentious issues in their bitter conflict on Monday under a U.S.-backed effort to hammer out a final peace deal by the end of the year.
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Israel wants to reopen a serious dialogue with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and work with him to establish a Palestinian state, Israel's foreign minister said Tuesday.
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Embarking on his first visit to Jerusalem as president, George W. Bush pressed Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday to seize what he called an historic opportunity and make tough concessions for peace.
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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders hold talks in Jerusalem designed to bolster the Palestinian government.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli and Palestinian  leaders meet on Tuesday to try to halt more than four years of  bloodshed and take a new step toward ending decades of conflict  in the Middle East.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators struggled on Monday to get U.S.-sponsored peace talks, stalled by disputes over Jewish settlements, on course before a visit by President George W. Bush.
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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Tuesday to begin tackling the core issues of a peace agreement in a push to revive stalled negotiations ahead of the arrival of President Bush.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet Thursday to try to resolve a dispute over Israeli building in east Jerusalem that is paralyzing efforts to renew peace negotiations, officials said.
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Israeli and Palestinian security officials meet in an effort to avert Israel's threat to launch a military offensive in Gaza.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began crisis talks with Egypt on Wednesday about restoring order at the breached Gaza border, facing a challenge from his Hamas rivals for control of the frontier.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Sunday that yielded no immediate sign of progress toward peace.
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The first meeting of national dialogue between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and various factions started in Gaza Monday evening in less than one week after Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Israel resumed building one of the  most controversial parts of its West Bank barrier, deep in  occupied land, a step Palestinians said on Monday clouded new  President Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to revive peacemaking.
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It was unclear how detailed the talks between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were.
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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
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Israeli and Palestinian officials are  trying to work out a deal to end Israel's biggest Gaza  offensive in four years of conflict in return for stopping  rocket fire into the Jewish state, security sources said.