Israel now open to once-rejected Arab peace plan
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The Saudi initiative calls for regional dialogue over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Angry Jewish settlers yesterday said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s rejection of a proposed national referendum on his plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip
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Israel's prime minister said Monday that he hoped to revive long-stalled peace efforts with the Palestinians, saying that they would be able to achieve an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip through talks with Israel.
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This moment, rather, is one in which all should embrace new prospects for peace in the Middle East. Ariel Sharon, who once behaved as a fierce hawk, has shown his ability to make concessions in recent months
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The 22-country Arab League will send envoys on a historic first mission to Israel this week to discuss a sweeping Arab peace initiative and how it might prop up embattled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli and Arab diplomats said Sunday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reaffirmed his commitment to a Middle East peace initiative, despite comments from one of his senior advisers who effectively dismissed the plan.
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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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Israel said on Wednesday it was prepared to make "painful concessions" to achieve peace with the Palestinians, working via an Arab initiative drawn up earlier this year and supported by Egypt and Jordan.
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Some participants at the Arab-Israeli talks believe a strong resolve to seek an agreement has been established. Not so fast, say the pessimists
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Middle East peace could make Israeli stocks more appealing.
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Egypt is generating new hope for Mideast peace after four bleak years, transforming Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from pariah to peacemaker and seeking to draw Arab leaders and a wary public into its efforts.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to consider a truce with Hamas unless it recognises Israel and renounces violence.
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon reportedly decides to lift a ban on diplomatic contact with the Palestinians.
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Sponsors of an internationally backed Mideast peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting Israeli-Palestinian talks in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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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 and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday endorsed a proposal by visiting Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain for a new international conference that would pave the way toward new peace negotiations.
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Israel rejected a Syrian offer for an unconditional resumption of peace talks on Wednesday,dismissing it as &quot;nothing new&quot;.