Sharon cautious on reopening talks
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The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, yesterday said the death of his long-time rival, Yasser Arafat, could prove to be &quot;a historic turning point in the Middle East&quot;.
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Israelis and Palestinians are in the midst of rapidly evolving events that could lead to a period of instability in both camps, but could also usher in the changes necessary to resume peace negotiations.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators planned to meet on Monday for a second round of U.S.-backed peace talks bogged down by disputes over Jewish settlement building near Jerusalem.
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Ariel Sharon, Israeli prime minister, yesterday looked set to end a six-month government crisis that threatened his plan to withdraw from Gaza, despite last-minute delays likely
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon acknowledged that Israel was not following the moribund Mideast peace plan, and said an Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip was unlikely to revive it, according
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For the second time in recent months, the prime minister is ignoring a decision of the Likud Party leadership, releasing signals that he plans to continue coalition negotiations with the Labor Party despite last weekâs decision rejecting
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to meet formally with a group of settlement leaders from Judea and Samaria Sunday for the first time in a year and half.
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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.
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JERUSALEM The former Labor prime minister, Shimon Peres, once famously said that there are no real negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, but only among Israelis themselves, about what is safe to concede.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved a start to diplomatic talks with the Palestinians in response to a lull in militant attacks secured by their new leader Mahmoud Abbas, officials said on Wednesday. The decision came hours before senior U.S. diplomat William Burns was to arrive on a fresh White House mission to revive a "road map" peace plan envisaging a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip co-existing with a secure Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said on Monday that any peace talks with Palestinian leaders  depended on whether they could rein in militants, who killed  five Israeli soldiers in Gaza in an attack on Sunday.
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Egypt has played down its offer to talk to Israel about reviving Israeli-Syria peace talks, which broke down four years ago. After talks in the Egyptian city of Sharm al-Shaikh on Tuesday between President
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will restart efforts to widen his coalition after parliament voted late yesterday against approving a speech supporting his Gaza Strip withdrawal plan, the government said.
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Reeling from a parliamentary defeat, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepared on Thursday to open coalition talks to save his shattered government and avoid early
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SDEROT, Israel -- Israel renewed limited contacts with the Palestinian Authority yesterday as the two sides held security talks to discuss a spike in violence in the Gaza Strip, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
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JERUSALEM: Most members of Israel&#39;s ruling Likud party want Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to press on with talks to widen his coalition despite a vote by the Likud executive barring any such move, a poll showed on Friday.
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon says Palestinians must take tougher measures against militants to advance peace hopes.