Israel and Palestinians open talks
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Israel and the Palestinians opened on Monday their most serious peace talks in seven years despite differences over what each side aims to achieve.
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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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Israel and the Palestinians opened their most ambitious peace negotiations in seven years on Monday, urged by U.S. President George W. Bush to reach a deal within a year despite deep public skepticism.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed issues fundamental to Palestinian statehood in two hours of talks on Tuesday, an Israeli government spokesman said.
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This would appear to be an appropriate time to discuss the potential for Palestinian nonviolence and its ramifications for Israel.
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Israel's opposition Labour party  began talks on Saturday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party on joining his coalition, a partnership aimed at  promoting a planned Gaza withdrawal.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair began talks with Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon on Wednesday about steps to revive Middle East peacemaking after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Israel wants to reopen a serious dialogue with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and work with him to establish a Palestinian state, Israel's foreign minister said Tuesday.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meet to discuss peace talks ahead of George Bush's visit to the region.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials have started negotiations in order to reach an agreement to stop the major Israeli offensive in Gaza in return for stopping fighters from firing rockets into the Jewish state, Israeli sources said Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Thursday to try to end an impasse over Jewish settlement building that has paralyzed month-old peace talks.
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Ehud Olmert said today he is willing to discuss the creation of a Palestinian state if the new government headed by president Mahmoud Abbas pledges to combat terrorism.
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The Palestinian and Israeli leaders met for the second time this month today to discuss the "core issues" that would have to be tackled before a Palestinian state could be inaugurated.
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The president also called for an autumn meeting of Israelis, Palestinians and their neighbors to help restart peace talks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Sunday for talks that seemed likely only to highlight their divisions over a Palestinian unity government whose formation appears imminent.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Sunday that yielded little sign of progress toward peace.
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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders hold talks in Jerusalem designed to bolster the Palestinian government.