Mideast Quartet Backs Bush on Settlement Freeze
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The quartet of Middle East  advisers, backing up a plea from President Bush, called on  Israel on Wednesday to impose a freeze on Jewish settlements in  the West Bank and Gaza.
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The US State Department says the Bush administration remains committed to a freeze of all settlement activity in Israel&#39;s occupied territories, a crucial part of the dormant Middle East peace plan.
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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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Bush administration officials said yesterday that the United States and Israel disagree over a key clause in last year&#39;s &quot;road map&quot; peace plan  an Israeli pledge to freeze Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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NEWYORK - President George W. Bush called on Israel yesterday to enforce a freeze in the settlements and to end the &quot;daily humiliation&quot; of the Palestinians, and told the Palestinians that a &quot;commitment to democratic reform is essential to resolving the
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Lending support to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the U.S. signaled approval of growth in some West Bank settlements.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has  approved building tenders for 1,000 more Israeli settlement  homes in the occupied West Bank frozen earlier to avoid  upsetting the United States, political sources said on Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved building tenders for 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank frozen earlier to avoid upsetting the United States, political sources said on Thursday.
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The Bush administration has withheld comment on Israel&#39;s approval of 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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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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Support from Bush leads to role as international envoy helping Palestinians.
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US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are optimistic about reviving the Middle East peace process following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, but vague on how to do it.
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The government on Monday welcomed a new proposal by US President George W. Bush aimed at reopening long dormant Middle East peace talks with a conference later this year.
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The Quartet of Middle East peace   mediators were prepared to endorse Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas' effort to form a national unity government on   Wednesday although its platform is still unclear, diplomats   said.
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The State Department indicated Monday a new flexibility in interpreting President Bush&#39;s call two years ago for a freeze on Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories.
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President George W. Bush on Monday will offer new support for the Fatah-led government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, marking a higher profile effort to resolve the Middle East conflict.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on Tuesday, on the eve of a visit by President George W. Bush, to get peace talks moving despite major differences over Jewish settlement construction near Jerusalem.