Israel, Palestinians Seek Deal to End Gaza Fighting
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Israeli and Palestinian officials are  trying to work out a deal to end Israel's biggest Gaza  offensive in four years of conflict in return for stopping  rocket fire into the Jewish state, security sources said.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said a deal was reached between his Fatah faction and Hamas to halt fierce clashes in the Gaza Strip in which six fighters were killed on Tuesday.
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Diplomatic efforts intensified on  Tuesday to end a massive Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip  that has killed 68 Palestinians, as the Jewish state faced  calls for restraint from its U.S. ally.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt&#39;s official news agency MENA said on Tuesday.
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A cease-fire between the two Palestinian groups aims to end four days of bloody violence
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Egypt has reached an understanding with Israel, the Palestinians, the United States and Europe on a general framework for a comprehensive settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including a call for a truce between the two sides, the state news agency reported Tuesday.
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Palestinian security chiefs hoped to win  an Israeli go-ahead Tuesday to take over wider areas of Gaza to  solidify a de facto cease-fire and help new President Mahmoud  Abbas launch peace talks with Israel.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders are holding talks in Egypt, with both sides expected to declare a truce.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will  demand obedience from militant factions in talks Friday after  fighters bombarded Jewish settlements in Gaza despite a  cease-fire declared at a summit with Israel.
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Palestinian officials presented a detailed  plan to Israel for the deployment of Gaza security forces to  halt attacks on Israelis, and the militant Hamas group set its  terms on Thursday for a cease-fire.
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Leading Israeli writers and academics urge the government to negotiate a truce with Hamas militants.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas have said they&#39;re willing to meet and try to revive the stalled peace &quot;road map.
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JERUSALEM - Egypt said yesterday it had brokered an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, hours after Hamas militants set off a bomb in Gaza that killed an Israeli soldier and triggered Israeli retaliation
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals open crisis talks on Wednesday to end deadly factional fighting before a new bid to revive stalled peace negotiations with Israel.
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Israel signaled on Saturday it could  ease military operations against Palestinian gunmen if they  halted attacks, but militant group leaders said only a full  Israeli cease-fire could stop fighting.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli and Palestinian  leaders meet on Tuesday to try to halt more than four years of  bloodshed and take a new step toward ending decades of conflict  in the Middle East.
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GAZA CITY -- Gaza's warring factions began to hold their fire yesterday as a truce took effect across the volatile territory and brought hopes for an end to the infighting that has left 36 people dead in five days.