Palestinian Prisoner Dispute Deferred for Summit
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators hammering out terms for a peace summit agreed on Sunday to postpone resolving a dispute on releasing Palestinian prisoners that had clouded hope of a breakthrough.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials yesterday were on the verge of resolving what could have been a nasty dispute over voting by East
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas has   frozen talks on forming a Palestinian unity government after   Hamas said it would not accept interim peace deals with Israel,   two of his aides said on Sunday.
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There is a brewing dispute in Israel over British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s proposal for an international peace conference on the Middle East in January or February after the Palestinian elections, to grant the new Palestinian Authority leadership
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Israel will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume long-stalled peace talks after Palestinian militants release a captured Israeli soldier, Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Tuesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas has frozen talks on forming a unity government   after Hamas said it would not accept interim peace deals with   Israel, two of his aides said on Sunday.
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Israeli and Palestinian peace talks bogged down in disagreement on Monday for a second time after the Palestinians ruled out addressing core issues until Israel agreed to stop settlement building near Jerusalem.
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The second summit in a month between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, encouraged by U.S. officials as a way to nurture their fledgling dialogue, produced little progress on Sunday. A Palestinian participant called it "difficult."
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Top Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, under U.S. pressure to start peace talks, met on Monday on a plan to begin tackling some of the thorniest issues after a month-long impasse over Jewish settlements.
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Israel is considering relaxing its criteria for releasing Palestinian prisoners, officials said on Monday before the start of another round of peace talks bogged down by disputes over settlements.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet as early as Friday to try to bridge gaps in talks over a document to be presented at a U.S.-run conference on Palestinian statehood, sources close to the talks said.
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A planned summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was put off on Wednesday in a sign of differences over the scope of Israeli steps to bolster the Fatah leader.
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Palestinian officials said on Saturday it was imperative to resolve a dispute with Israel over the release of Palestinian prisoners to avoid failure at a summit seen as crucial to ending over four years of violence.
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Israel is reluctant to remove roadblocks and other West Bank restrictions to boost Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's new government until he does more to curb militants, officials said ahead of a summit on Monday.
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Israel is considering easing criteria for freeing Palestinian prisoners, a move one Israeli official said on Monday could pave the way for the release of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi.
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The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said Saturday they were adhering to a de facto truce with Israel, but stopped short of committing to the official cease-fire that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed on at their summit.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cautioned on Monday that much had yet to be decided about holding a conference the United States hopes may relaunch Middle East peace talks in the coming months.