Olmert to Seek Bush View on West Bank Plan
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With formal peacemaking a dim prospect at this volatile time, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert intends to sound out President Bush on the Israeli&#039;s plan to impose a West Bank settlement on the Palestinians by relinquishing most of the territory to them for a state.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   holds talks at the Pentagon and White House on Tuesday, seeking   during his first visit to Washington to coordinate policy on   the Palestinians and the Iranian nuclear crisis.
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday they continue to share a vision of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict despite Hamas's control of Gaza.
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The Palestinian president and the Israeli prime minister are to meet early next week in Jerusalem ahead of an expected visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and key meetings of international mediators, officials said Saturday.
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President Bush heads to Israel and the West Bank this week, hoping his first visit as U.S. leader will open the throttle on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.
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Israeli leader Ehud Olmert told Tony  Blair on Saturday he was ready to meet the Palestinian  president as the British prime minister began a visit to try to  revive Middle East peace negotiations.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet next week for their second summit in a month, but this one will focus on humanitarian matters rather than the core issues of the Mideast dispute, an Olmert aide said Tuesday.
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JERUSALEM -- Aides are planning a long-awaited summit between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, which could revive peace talks, officials from both sides said yesterday. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Abbas and Olmert last week to push forward such dialogue, stalled by regional violence, the election of a Hamas-led government, and the ...
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Palestinian officials said might visit the West Bank next week for the first time since 2003. White House, with President George W. Bush hosting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon nine times in the Oval Office.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan, Nov. 29 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, as part of a U.S. effort to demonstrate progress on the Israeli-Palestinian peace effort.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is investigating the possibility of extending a West Bank barrier to include two Jewish settlements that have been excluded from the project, his office said on Wednesday.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - The Bush administration  signaled on Saturday that it may accept limited growth within  existing Israeli settlements in the West Bank in a shift that  could help embattled Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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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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President Bush, trying to nurture fragile peace talks between Israeli and Palestinians, will make his first trip to Israel and the West Bank next month as part of a nine-day swing through the Middle East.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - The Bush administration  signaled Saturday that it may accept limited growth within  existing Israeli settlements in the West Bank in a shift that  could help embattled Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he would ask U.S. President George W. Bush, who visits the Middle East this week, to curb Israel's West Bank settlements for the sake of peace.
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Israel has said it would consider any formal request to pull troops away from West Bank cities to facilitate a Palestinian presidential election, ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.