Israel-Palestinian truce 'likely'
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders will sign a truce ending four years of fighting on Tuesday, both sides reportedly say.
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Israel could begin withdrawing from occupied Gaza early next year under an accelerated timetable that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plans to present to his Likud party on Tuesday, political sources said.
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Rival Palestinian factions drew close to an agreement Thursday over the outlines of a power-sharing government in which the militant Hamas group would promise to "respect" peace deals signed with Israel
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Israel could end up on a collision course with the European Union and face sanctions like apartheid-era South Africa unless the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved, a confidential government report warns.
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The Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are close to an agreement on power sharing in the Gaza Strip, Army Radio reported Sunday. Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath told the London based Arab newspaper
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The Islamic militant group Hamas said Thursday it is ready to restore its cease-fire with Israel several days after calling it off to protest a deadly explosion on a Gaza beach.
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Israel's possible release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners would be welcome, the US State Department said, just days ahead of a landmark Middle East peace summit.
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah agree to a ceasefire deal to end fighting in Gaza, reports say.
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A new cease-fire and a strikingly conciliatory speech by Israel's prime minister are raising hopes for progress in Mideast peacemaking.
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Palestinian officials presented a detailed  plan to Israel for the deployment of Gaza security forces to  halt attacks on Israelis, and the militant Hamas group set its  terms on Thursday for a cease-fire.
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Palestine Television quoted President Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview Sunday that he is very close to clinching an agreement with militants on halting attacks on Israelis.
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Israel could safely give up the Golan Heights in an eventual peace deal with Syria, Israel's army chief says.
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Last summer's truce has done little to remove the Hizballah military threat on Israel's northern border, and that may soon become intolerable to the Jewish state
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert next week and Palestinian sources said on Tuesday he may float the idea of widening a truce deal to include the occupied West Bank.
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Palestinian factions agreed to stop violence and Israel said it would halt its military operations, but it was not clear if the deal would take effect and hold.
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British newspapers cautiously welcomed a ceasefire pledge by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas as possibly reviving the moribund peace process.
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The Palestinian prime minister said Friday that militants were prepared to stop firing rockets at Israel if it would halt all military action in Palestinian territories. Israel rejected the offer, saying it would respond positively only to a total truce.