Sharon praises talks he will not attend
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By the time Tony Blair arrived yesterday at the Muqata, the British-built fort that serves as the Palestinian Authority's administrative base here, it had been spruced up, inside and out.
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JERUSALEM, Nov 10  - Israel can no longer say it has no viable Palestinian partner for peace talks with the departure of veteran leader Yasser Arafat from the scene, opposition Labour leader Shimon Peres said Wednesday.
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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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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon reportedly decides to lift a ban on diplomatic contact with the Palestinians.
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Israeli leader Ariel Sharon rejected calls from within his mutinous cabinet on Wednesday for a referendum on leaving Gaza after winning parliament's support to uproot settlements from land claimed by Palestinians.
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Ariel Sharon rejected calls by four Israeli Cabinet ministers for a referendum on his Gaza withdrawal plan. &quot;I will never give in to pressures and threats, nor accept any ultimatums,&quot; the Israeli prime minister
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JERUSALEM: Israeli PM Ariel Sharon ruled out Monday any Israeli participation in a Middle East conference expected to take place in London early in 2005.
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Sharon is not Charles de Gaulle. He is as far away as ever from the conviction that Israel must recognize the national rights of the Palestinian people and withdraw from territories occupied in 1967, let alone
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, insisting that Israel has no wish to rule over the Palestinians, declared yesterday that 2005 would be &quot;the year of a great historic opportunity&quot; in the Middle East.
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Israel lifts a ban on contacts with the new Palestinian leader, opening the way for security talks.
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Foreign secretary Jack Straw is today beginning two days of talks in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Mr Straw will meet Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon before travelling on to the West Bank for
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Thursday that Israel would not interfere with convicted terrorist leader Marwan Barghouti&#39;s choice to run for Palestinian
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  rejected reported peace overtures by Syria on Wednesday, saying  it had to crack down on Islamic militant groups under its  control before negotiations that stalled in 2000 could resume.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel rejected calls from within his Cabinet yesterday for a referendum on leaving Gaza after winning parliament's support to uproot settlements from land claimed by Palestinians.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel will not limit the number of Muslim worshipers at a hotly disputed Jerusalem site during the holy month of Ramadan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided yesterday, backing away from a threat to restrict access.
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Omri Sharon, the son and special envoy of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, will hold &quot;private&quot; talks with senior Palestinian security officials in Britain next
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HERZLIYA, ISRAEL - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday Israel should not miss the chance to reach a &quot;breakthrough&quot; in its relations with the Palestinians in 2005.