Bush shifts focus to West Bank
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President George W. Bush faces a balancing act in West Bank talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, the second day of a Middle East peace mission laden with skepticism.
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President Bush said the election of a new Palestinian Authority president Sunday is a key step toward the establishment of an independent and peaceful Palestinian state.
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President George W. Bush heads to   New York on Monday for the U.N. General Assembly where he will   focus on shoring up democracies in the Middle East, where   sectarian violence in Iraq and Iran's nuclear ambitions have   created international concern.
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President Bush, taking on a more personal role in the Mideast conflict, is offering new financial support to embattled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   will outline his plan for the West Bank's future to a wary   President Bush on Tuesday, in talks also expected to focus on   the Iranian nuclear crisis.
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Description: Although most of the second term plans articulated by President Bush have focused on domestic issues, a post-Arafat era could force President Bush to put Middle East peace back on the White House agenda.
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President Bush praised Sunday's  Palestinian elections as an essential step toward the goal of  statehood and promised to help the new president, Mahmoud  Abbas, in a renewed push for peace with Israel.
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George W. Bush will make his first trip as U.S. president to Israel and the West Bank next month to try to shore up fragile peace efforts despite doubts about chances of a deal before he leaves office in 13 months.
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George W. Bush arrived on Wednesday on his first visit to Israel as U.S. president, facing doubts about his bid to seal a Middle East peace deal before he leaves office in a year.
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George Bush says he sees 'a new opportunity for peace here in the holy land' as he begins his first visit to Israel as the US president
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President Bush on Monday announced a conference this fall to include Israel, the Palestinian authority and some of their Arab neighbors to help restart Mideast peace talks
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Five years ago this month, President Bush stood in the Rose Garden and laid out a vision for the Middle East that included Israel and a state called Palestine living together in peace. "I call on the Palestinian people to elect new leaders, leaders not compromised by terror," the president declared.
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President George W. Bush has all but abandoned his goal of Palestinian statehood next year, opting instead to spend the next four years trying to help &quot;a truly free state develop&quot; alongside Israel.
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President Bush on Tuesday called on Israel to impose a freeze on Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, taking a harder line on settlement growth than Washington has recently.
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George W. Bush arrived on Wednesday on his first visit to Israel as U.S. president and said he saw a new opportunity for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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US President George W Bush is discussing the Palestinian Territories in talks with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert.
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President George W. Bush headed to the Middle East on Wednesday, aiming to nurture Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the face of deep skepticism and try to rally Arab opposition to Iran.