U.S. Bet on Abbas For Mideast Peace Meets Skepticism
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Several intelligence assessments have warned that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the man U.S. policymakers hope can help salvage the Middle East peace process, may not be politically strong enough to achieve that goal, according to U.S. officials.
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Seeing a rare and probably fleeting opportunity to influence the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, the Bush administration is preparing financial assistance to help Palestinians
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The United States, European states and Israel are considering rapidly easing sanctions in the occupied West Bank to try to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Western and Israeli officials said on Friday.
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged on Tuesday to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel sought to tighten the screws on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.
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A House committee chairwoman said Friday she is holding up $86 million in U.S. aid for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, at a time when the Bush administration is trying to strengthen him in hopes of enhancing prospects for Mideast peace.
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The White House on Saturday said it  hoped that a call by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for  fresh elections would help calm violence and pave the way for  getting the peace process back on track.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with a senior U.S. envoy on Saturday, at a time of concern in Washington over Abbas' support for a coalition between the Islamic militant group Hamas and his pragmatic Fatah movement.
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Arafat's death raises hopes for a new push for peace. But much depends on who takes charge and how the U.S. responds
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The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, plans to meet moderate Palestinian leaders later this month in an early indication of America&#39;s readiness to become involved in a Middle East peace process.
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President Bush tries to paint Abbas's defeat in Gaza as a new chance for peace. But is he throwing good money after bad?
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Israel and the U.S. seem agreed on a policy to boost Fatah in the West Bank and squeeze Hamas in Gaza, but the strategy has pitfalls.
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Bush tries to paint Abbas's defeat in Gaza as a new opportunity for peace. But is he throwing good money after bad?
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The US And Israel Are pinning their hopes on former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat as leader of the Palestinians.
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Arafat&#39;s death raises hopes for a new push for peace. But much depends on who takes charge and how the US responds. Just a few months after Israeli and Palestinian leaders signed the Oslo peace accord in 1993
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to try to bridge his differences with Israel over what a U.S.-led Middle East peace conference might achieve.
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The United States sought on Thursday to bolster support for an aid blockade against the Palestinian Authority and win backing for U.S. efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Palestinian leaders reacted cautiously to remarks by the Foreign Ministryâs spokesman and argued that Israel should âunconditionallyâ re-open peace talks under the US backed road map plan.