Sharon Revives Ties with Abbas, Officials Meet
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lifted a  ban on contacts with the Palestinians after new leader Mahmoud  Abbas ordered Gaza security forces to halt attacks on Israelis,  and officials from both sides met within hours.
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A meeting between Israel's defense minister and a top Palestinian security official Saturday went well, Israeli officials said, as the two sides try to reconcile widely differing expectations for an upcoming summit between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials on Wednesday held high-level political talks for the first time since Israel suspended contacts two weeks ago after saying that the new president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, was not doing enough to combat terrorism.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Monday to map out a new relationship after Hamas routed Abbas's Fatah group in Gaza, officials from both sides said on Thursday.
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DAMASCUS: PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas held a second day of talks Tuesday with Syrian officials on a mission to patch up strained ties with the government and with Damascus-based Palestinian opposition groups.
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Israel and the Palestinians ended a  nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts  Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
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A former Palestinian security minister who could be key to keeping order among rival factions in Gaza after an Israeli pullout held a fence-mending meeting Monday with President Yasser Arafat, officials said.
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Israel will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume long-stalled peace talks after Palestinian militants release a captured Israeli soldier, Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet next week for the first time since Hamas routed Abbas's Fatah group in Gaza, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said on Thursday.
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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 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will try to end four years of bloodshed and take a step back toward negotiations at a summit in Egypt Tuesday.
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JERUSALEM  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was set to end his 15-month boycott of the Palestinian leadership after expressing a willingness to meet new PLO chief and presidential favourite Mahmud Abbas.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has lifted a ban on peace talks with new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas imposed after six Israelis were killed in a Gaza border ambush, political sources said on Wednesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to congratulate him for winning the Palestinian presidential elections, the latest sign that the two sides are eager to restart peace efforts after years of stalemate.
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Israel and the Palestinian Authority resumed diplomatic contacts Wednesday after a two-week freeze, and Israel agreed to suspend targeted killings of Palestinian militants -- two more steps toward a cease-fire and a resumption of peace talks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Thursday to try to salvage peace talks bogged down by a row over Jewish settlements, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
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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.