Olmert, Abbas seek common ground
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Monday to see if they can narrow differences over Palestinian statehood ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference in November.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas say they are willing to hold talks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   said he hoped to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas   within days for a summit the international community believes   could help revive peace talks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discussed in broad terms yesterday the issues most important to the creation of a Palestinian state in advance of a US-sponsored peace conference proposed for this fall.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Tuesday to prepare for a U.S.-sponsored Middle East conference that Abbas cautioned could turn out to be pointless.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -- The United States and Israel sought Monday to shore up a sometimes strained relationship with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is trying to form a working alliance with Hamas officials who refuse to recognize the Israeli government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plan to meet on Thursday to try to salvage peace talks bogged down by a row over Jewish settlements, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he would meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert next week, keeping alive a U.S.-backed dialogue despite Hamas rocket attacks on Israel and Israeli air raids in Gaza.
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JERUSALEM, Aug. 28 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discussed in broad terms Tuesday the issues most important to the creation of a Palestinian state in advance of a U.S.-sponsored peace conference proposed for this fall.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed issues fundamental to Palestinian statehood in two hours of talks on Tuesday, an Israeli government spokesman said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will seek Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's undertaking to begin drafting a proposed agreement on statehood principles during talks on Monday, Abbas aides said.
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Israel's prime minister says he hopes to meet the Palestinian leader for a summit in the coming days.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair that he intended to meet with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas soon, as the British premier began a Middle East tour.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as early as Sunday, before a unity government with Hamas is formed, officials said on Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Palestinian statehood on Tuesday but discussed core issues only in broad terms, a senior Palestinian official said.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Thursday to try to overcome disputes over Jewish settlements that have paralyzed U.S.-backed peace talks.