Sharon Phones Abbas in Highest Contact for Years
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon phoned Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday to congratulate him on his election as Palestinian president and offer cooperation, the highest-level contact between the sides in nearly four years.
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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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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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Originally he was to have met only with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, but according to a senior government source, the British gave in to heavy pressure from senior political figures and agreed to meet with ...
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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 to resume long-stalled   peace negotiations.
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After more than a year of avoiding Jewish settlers, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has decided to directly confront his former supporters in a meeting about his contentious plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will press Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert when they meet on Thursday to halt settlement construction plans that have paralyzed month-old peace talks.
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Mahmoud Abbas, speaking with Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain at his side, renewed his call today for peace talks with Israel.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair held talks with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon this morning and meets with Palestinian leaders in Ramallah later in the day.
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair met his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon on Wednesday ahead of landmark talks with the new Palestinian leadership after making the quest for Middle East peace a personal priority.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the leading contender to succeed Yasser Arafat, said Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hope of annexing West Bank settlements and keeping all of Jerusalem in a final peace deal is a disaster that could torpedo efforts to restart peace talks.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will meet moderate Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank next week in the highest-level visit since Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, a Palestinian official says.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  lifted a ban on contacts with the Palestinians on Wednesday  after new leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered Gaza security forces to  halt militant attacks on Israelis within days.
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Marwan Barghouti, the popular militant leader imprisoned by Israel for his role in the Palestinian uprising, is relaying messages to new PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas that could
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President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority also declared his readiness to hold talks with IsraelÂs prime minister.
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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, pressed Israel and the United States today to make sure that an upcoming Middle East peace conference this fall tackles the big, politically sensitive âfinal statusâ issues.