In &quot;year of opportunity,&quot; Sharon offers state to Palestinians
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HERZLIYA, Israel An adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says a final vote on his planned pullout from Gaza and four West Bank communities could take place months sooner.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Thursday Yasser Arafat's death could be a turning point for peacemaking but he would pursue a unilateral plan that would strip Palestinians of some land they want for a state.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas announced in an interview published in the US magazine, Newsweek, that they are ready for peace talks.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised Sunday that Israel would work to ensure that next monthâs Palestinian presidential election takes place in a free and fair atmosphere.
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Foreign policy chiefs from around the globe have been lining up to visit Israeli and Palestinian officials, proclaiming a new era of opportunity has arrived.
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srael has offered peace talks to the Palestinians and Syria if they move against anti-Israel violence, Israel&#39;s Foreign Minister says, endorsing the United States-backed &quot;road map&quot; peace plan again after a year of going it alone.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel was ready to coordinate its Gaza withdrawal plan with a future Palestinian government and said that could open the way for a broader peace agreement.
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Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he would be willing to consider coordinating his unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip with the Palestinians if the new leadership shows willingness to fight &quot;terror&quot;.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has met Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for talks expected to focus on steps Israel could take to facilitate a Palestinian presidential election scheduled for January.
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Israel's prime minister said Monday that he hoped to revive long-stalled peace efforts with the Palestinians, saying that they would be able to achieve an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip through talks with Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sounded a note of optimism about the prospects for Middle East peace, crediting the new leadership of the Palestinian Authority for the brightened outlook.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reached out to his opposition rival with an invitation to enter discussion on forming a new coalition government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has sounded a note of optimism about peace prospects in the coming year provided Palestinians stop violence against Israel.
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Tony Blair on Tuesday evoked a &quot;sense of possibility&quot; in the Middle East as he held exploratory talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the start of his mandate as special envoy.
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President George W. Bush has all but abandoned his goal of Palestinian statehood next year, opting instead to spend the next four years trying to help &quot;a truly free state develop&quot; alongside Israel.
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This moment, rather, is one in which all should embrace new prospects for peace in the Middle East. Ariel Sharon, who once behaved as a fierce hawk, has shown his ability to make concessions in recent months
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death opens a rare window of opportunity to build a democratic Palestinian state that could live side by side in peace with Israel.