Gaza Pullout Must Be Tied to Peace - Palestinians
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Palestinian leaders warned  their Israeli counterparts on Friday that a new spirit of  cooperation between the Middle East foes would endure only if  Israel's Gaza pullout was linked to a final peace settlement.
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Israeli Labour leader Shimon Peres  said on Saturday coalition talks between his party and Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon could be resolved in days and were vital  to speed up a Gaza pullout and bring Middle East peace.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie  said Saturday Palestinians should halt armed violence only if  there was a credible peace process with Israel leading toward a  viable Palestinian state.
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Israeli military forces must act to prevent terrorism in the Gaza Strip so a withdrawal from the Palestinian territory doesn&#39;t take place ``under fire,&#39;&#39; Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said.
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Quotes from the debate in Israel&#39;s Knesset on the Israeli plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and four small West Bank settlements.
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Palestinian leaders must overcome their   differences and present a united front if peace talks with   Israel are to succeed, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon   Peres said on Wednesday.
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A top Israeli official says the significance of withdrawing from Gaza is to stop a political settlement with Palestinians.
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ISRAEL&#39;S plan to withdraw from Gaza was designed to put the peace process on hold and block the creation of a Palestinian state, a top aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview yesterday.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials appealed yesterday for international monitors to help with their presidential elections and urged Israel's unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip be folded into a stalled international peace plan.
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Chairman of the PLO executive committee Mahmoud Abbas ( Abu Mazin) stressed attachment to peace with Israel and vowed to &quot;follow the steps of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat,&quot; calling on Israel to return back to the table of negotiations in
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Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he would be willing to consider coordinating his unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip with the Palestinians if the new leadership shows willingness to fight &quot;terror&quot;.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas reiterated calls for his people to drop their weapons in the struggle for a state. a clear change of strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Comment is free: Sami Abdel-Shafi: Any progress in the Middle East must begin with building a peace among Palestinians.
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Prominent Palestinian figures have appealed for an end to violence, adding weight to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon might feel relieved at the support of his party members and largely his opponents in the parliament to the controversial Gaza pullout plan, but whether it means the end of violence in the region is a worry that will
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Tuesday that Israel is prepared to make "painful compromises for peace," and has begun coordination with Palestinians on Israel's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinians must have a state that meets their needs for Mid-East peace to succeed, the US secretary of state says.