Abbas Makes Peace Gesture to Israel
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas extended his hand in peace Monday, his first gesture toward Israel since his landslide victory in presidential elections.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Middle East peace hopes  were boosted on Monday when Mahmoud Abbas was elected  Palestinian president and the Israeli parliament endorsed Ariel  Sharon's new coalition to implement his planned Gaza pullout.
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The Quartet of Middle East peace   mediators on Wednesday endorsed Palestinian President Mahmoud   Abbas' effort to establish a national unity government with   Hamas, which is still officially committed to the destruction   of Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the most serious peace talks in seven years would begin on Monday and the final deal must address all the sensitive issues including Jerusalem.
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Middle East News, GAZA, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called for his people to pursue negotiations instead of violence in the struggle for a state, marking out a change of strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair says ending terrorism is the first step toward meaningful progress in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
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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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The Israeli prime minister congratulates Mahmoud Abbas on election victory, and hopes to meet him "soon".
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he was ready to meet Israeli Prime   Minister Ehud Olmert as soon as possible.
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Mahmoud Abbas, favourite to become the new Palestinian president, is given a hero's welcome in Gaza.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called on  Tuesday for his people to pursue negotiations instead of  violence in the struggle for a state, marking out a change of  strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat's death.
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One day ahead of a meeting with visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair, PLO Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) on Tuesday recommitted the new Palestinian Leadership to peace as the strategic option and to late Palestinian leader Yaser Arafatâs legacy
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed Sunday to authorize peace talks, which could begin Monday, according to the offices of both leaders.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in  as Palestinian president to succeed Yasser Arafat on Saturday  and called for a cease-fire with Israel and talks on a final  peace settlement.
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Mahmoud Abbas praised Yasir Arafat's legacy today in a speech marking the end of the 40-day mourning period for the former leader.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly yesterday that the planned national unity government will recognize Israel.
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JERUSALEM -- Election front-runner Mahmoud Abbas marked the end of the 40-day Muslim mourning period for Yasser Arafat by asserting his commitment to a peace deal that would create a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as a capital.