Sharon, Abbas Say They're Willing to Meet
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Israel is ready to coordinate its planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip with the new Palestinian leadership, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in a published interview, saying he wants to take advantage of new opportunities created by the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Armed Palestinian group al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades says it would be willing to accept a truce with Israel.
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A new Palestinian unity government would   not object to President Mahmoud Abbas holding talks with   Israel, a senior Hamas official said on Tuesday.
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Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah will meet with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and the Jordanian and Israeli leaders.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  will hold his first meeting with new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas next month to try to end a Palestinian uprising  and resume peacemaking, both sides said on Saturday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will try to end four years of bloodshed and take a step back toward negotiations at a summit in Egypt Tuesday.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met  his political faction chiefs Saturday to draw strength for  talks aimed at bringing Islamic militants into line with a  cease-fire he declared with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon.
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Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday he is ready to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. He told journalists in Cairo, after meeting Arab
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Israel expects Mahmoud Abbas to win Sunday's Palestinian presidential election and is ready to open talks with him, offering to free Palestinian prisoners if Abbas cracks down on Palestinian rocket attacks, senior Israeli officials said.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and British Prime Minister Tony Blair met for talks Monday, with both leaders urging new efforts to resume the Mideast peace process.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Prodded by Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said yesterday that they are ready to resume contacts without conditions -- a small step that many people hope could lead to resuming peace talks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published on Sunday that he was ready to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and try to coordinate a Gaza pullout with a new Palestinian government.
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Israel will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume long-stalled peace talks after Palestinian militants release a captured Israeli soldier, Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Tuesday.
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President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian faction leaders agreed Sunday to 10 days of intensive talks aimed at resolving critical differences and avoiding a national referendum on recognizing Israel&#039;s right to exist.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel will hold their first summit early next month, in what would be the highest-level contacts between the two sides in more than 18 months.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meet to discuss peace talks ahead of George Bush's visit to the region.