US pushing Sharon to accept West Bank peace deal
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Colin Powell, the outgoing US secretary of state, was due to arrive in Jerusalem last night at the start of a concerted international effort to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - The Bush administration  signaled on Saturday that it may accept limited growth within  existing Israeli settlements in the West Bank in a shift that  could help embattled Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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Palestinian officials have called on the Bush administration to clarify its position on the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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The US secretary of state is in the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, in a new diplomatic push.
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The United States may be willing   to accept some easing of the West's boycott of the Palestinian   Authority as President Mahmoud Abbas tries to form a   national-unity government, diplomats said.
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Israel&#39;s plan to withdraw from some occupied land aims to rule out a Palestinian state indefinitely, with full US approval, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s chief of staff
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice embarks on a new push to revive peace moves between Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday with the United States under pressure from Arab allies to make it a priority.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan 14 (OneWorld) - Leaders of 25 national Jewish, Muslim, and Christian organizations are urging President George W. Bush to join with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations to make a major new commitment to forge peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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US President Bush says he is ready to put pressure on Middle East peace negotiators, during his first visit to Israel.
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Bush administration officials said yesterday that the United States and Israel disagree over a key clause in last year&#39;s &quot;road map&quot; peace plan  an Israeli pledge to freeze Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he was willing to meet Syrian President Bashar Assad under &quot;certain conditions,&quot; an offer which Damascus swiftly turned down as unacceptable.
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The US president calls for international talks in a bid to restart the stalled Middle East peace process.
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The Palestinian Authority on Sunday reacted with shock and disbelief to reports that the US will now tacitly support construction in major settlements in the West Bank and warned that the shift in American policy would destroy the peace process in the
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Ariel Sharon received another major boost from the United States after Washington refused to condemn recent Israeli tenders for some 1,800 new housing units in West Bank settlements.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas have said they&#39;re willing to meet and try to revive the stalled peace &quot;road map.
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Washington -- The Bush administration, moving to lend political support to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at a time of political turmoil, has signaled approval of growth in at least some Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, American and Israeli
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US President Bush says he is ready to pressure Middle East peace negotiators, as he makes his first visit to Israel.