Olmert Refuses to Lift Blockade on Lebanon
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JERUSALEM, Aug. 30 -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declined Wednesday to lift Israel's six-week blockade of Lebanon despite appeals from visiting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who said it would help Lebanon's government and economy recover from a devastating war.
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Israel on Saturday rejected a request by the U.N. for a three-day cease-fire in Lebanon to deliver humanitarian supplies and allow civilians to leave the war zone.
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Israel rejected a call from U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and   sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it would only end the   7-week-old siege once all elements of a ceasefire were in   place.
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Israel on Thursday imposed a sea and air blockade on Lebanon to cut off supply routes to Lebanese militants, the Israeli military said.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is withholding his approval to wrap up the military operation in the northern Gaza Strip, despite the Israel Defense Forces&#39; recommendation to withdraw.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   rejected on Monday an ultimatum by Palestinian militants, who   abducted an Israeli soldier, for Israel to release Palestinian   prisoners.
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Two Israeli soldiers captured by the   Hizbollah guerrilla group will not be released unless there are   talks with Israel about the exchange of Lebanese prisoners,   Lebanon's Foreign Minister said on Wednesday.
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Lebanon's prime minister called Israel's blockade of the country illegal on Saturday and the parliament speaker urged Arab nations to break the siege.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert balked on Thursday at a total freeze in settlement activity, a key demand of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for progress in U.S.-backed peace talks.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel was prepared for peace negotiations with Syria under the right conditions but refused to answer questions Monday about a widely reported Israeli air attack in northern Syria.
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Lebanon's Syrian-backed president says he will not approve moves by a depleted anti-Syrian cabinet.
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Israeli media are calling it a "nuclear slip" of the tongue. Aides to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert deny any change in policy.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Israel would not rush into a cease-fire in southern Lebanon until it achieves its goals there.
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Israel rejected a call by U.N.   Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and   sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it would only end the   7-week-old siege once all aspects of a ceasefire were in place.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has spurned a call to consider halting excavation work near Jerusalem's most sensitive shrine, which has angered Muslims and threatened a Gaza ceasefire deal.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said Wednesday that he refused to have any direct contact with Israel and Lebanon would be the last Arab country to ever sign a peace deal with the Jewish state.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to consider a truce with Hamas unless it recognises Israel and renounces violence.