Israeli leader: Outposts are 'disgrace'
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday declared it a "disgrace" that dozens of unauthorized West Bank settlements were standing four years after Israel promised to dismantle them, following pointed criticism from President Bush.
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Israel will likely begin a crackdown on Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank when U.S. President George W. Bush visits the region next week, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's deputy said on Friday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced fresh criticism on Wednesday of his handling of a war in Lebanon, as a state audit accused him of failing to adequately protect Israeli civilians from rocket attacks.
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Gaza, Gaza, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Palestinian officials have criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s statements that Israel will expand Jewish settlements on the West Bank.
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In a letter to the troops, Israel's military chief acknowledged publicly for the first time Thursday that there were shortcomings in the military's performance during the recent fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
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Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Tuesday that the statement of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon he made before the Knesset (Parliament) should turninto deeds on the ground.
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Palestinian Premier Ahmed Qurei denounced the Israeli continuous violent raids on Palestinian towns, saying Saturday that they were hampering the peace process in the region.
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BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip  - The moderate  frontrunner in the race for Palestinian president called Israel  the "Zionist enemy" Tuesday after an Israeli tank killed seven  Palestinian youths in a Gaza strawberry field.
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JERUSALEM Sept. 9, 2004 - A group of prominent Israeli hardliners urged soldiers Thursday to disobey orders to dismantle Jewish settlements, widening the bitter divisions over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s
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A slip of the tongue by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert about Israel's nuclear policy ballooned into a domestic crisis Tuesday for the Israeli leader, who came under criticism from across the political spectrum.
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JERUSALEM - Facing unrelenting criticism from Jewish settlers, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday that nothing would deter him from pushing forward with his plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.    Also Monday, scattered fighting in the Gaza Strip killed at least five Palestinian militants...
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia condemned continuing Israeli military raids, saying Saturday that they were hampering efforts to restart the peace process.
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Israel&#039;s president is being dogged by allegations of sexual harassment in a spiraling scandal that has pushed the country&#039;s violent standoff with Hamas off the front pages.
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Israel should stop building its West Bank separation barrier if Palestinian militants halt attacks, Israel&#39;s president was quoted as saying Thursday, in the most high-profile criticism yet of the contentious project.
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Israel will tell President Bush during his visit to the region this week that it is committed to acting "expeditiously" to dismantle unauthorized West Bank settlement outposts, a spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday.
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Israel is failing in its duty to avoid innocent civilian casualties, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said.
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Israeli opposition Labour party leader Shimon Peres, who shared the Nobel peace prize with Yasser Arafat in 1994, on Thursday criticised the Palestinian leader for continuing on the path of &quot;terrorism&quot;.