Key Israeli leader embraces 'road map'
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's foreign minister embraced yesterday the US-backed ''road map&quot; leading to a Palestinian state and conditionally warmed up to Syrian peace overtures, more signs of movement toward Mideast peace in the post-Yasser Arafat era.
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The Israeli prime minister is clearly determined to push through his plan. He told a convention of the Likud party: &quot;This plan will be applied, and that&#39;s it.
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The incoming US secretary of state says resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be a core goal.
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WASHINGTON -- Israel's top diplomat pledged yesterday to do ''everything that is needed&quot; to ensure Palestinians can hold democratic elections in January -- including guaranteeing freedom of movement in the occupied territories -- but cautioned that the Palestinian people had to make a ''strategic decision&quot; to swear off terrorism for the vote to move the Middle East peace process forward.
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The architects of the Middle East "road map" reaffirmed their commitment to the stalled peace plan ahead of a Security Council ministerial meeting Thursday where Arab nations hope to revive efforts to end the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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In 2002, President Bush laid down a &quot;road map for peace&quot; between Israel and the Palestinians. That road map, to which Israel agreed, called flatly for Israelis to immediately freeze all settlement activity on the occupied West Bank.
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Israel&#39;s prime minister has vowed to press on with his disengagement plan, despite its receiving another rejection from his mutinous Likud party.
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WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 14: Under American encouragement and, in some cases, pressure, Israel has quietly taken steps aimed at strengthening the standing of Palestinian moderates and has agreed to consider others now that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has
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Israel's public security minister, a former intelligence chief with a reputation for toughness, offered a surprisingly optimistic view Monday of prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, despite what he called a big push by Iran to sow discord in the region.
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Comment is free: We must pursue a comprehensive solution with energy and vision, writes Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert.
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ARIEL Sharon hastily reaffirmed Israel&#39;s commitment to the US-backed &quot;road map&quot; for the Middle East yesterday after his chief political adviser sparked an uproar by saying the aim of the Gaza Strip evacuation plan was to &quot;freeze&quot; the peace process until
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JERUSALEMâWith his political life in the balance, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took the first tentative steps on the path to peace last night, winning parliamentary consent for a plan to uproot Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and parts of
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After months of bullying and subterfuge to keep his contentious Gaza withdrawal plan alive, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hoping for solid approval in Israel&#39;s parliament to finally give it the legitimacy it needs.
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, yesterday invited Shimon Peres - an old friend but sometimes a political adversary - to join his government as the two grand old men of Israeli politics prepared to unite to see through a plan to move Jewish
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  chief of staff on Thursday called a Gaza withdrawal plan a  possible step toward a Palestinian state, in a clear sign of  softening following Yasser Arafat's death.
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As the President gets ready for his Mideast trip, the Israelis want the primary focus to be Iran
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Israel's Ariel Sharon says he will push ahead with plans for Gaza disengagement, despite a rebuke from his Likud party.