Bush, Olmert reaffirm support for Abbas
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday pledged to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel tightened the diplomatic and economic embargo on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.
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President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meet on Tuesday to coordinate strategy to shore up Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's embattled new government and isolate his Hamas rivals.
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President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed yesterday on a strategy to prop up the embattled Palestinian government of Mahmoud Abbas with financial aid, eased travel restrictions, moral support and peace talks as they struggled to counter the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip.
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President Bush reached out on Monday  to newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with a  proposal for direct talks and a White House meeting, and urged  him to quickly bolster Palestinian security forces to take on  militants.
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JERUSALEM -- Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president-elect, offered "peace based on justice" to Israel yesterday and received an "open invitation" from President Bush to visit the White House, a day after winning a landslide victory in elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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President Bush on Wednesday approved  $20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority to help  pay its Israeli utility bills after key lawmakers objected to  plans to use the money for presidential elections in January  and to pay Palestinian salaries.
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President Bush praised Sunday's  Palestinian elections as an essential step toward the goal of  statehood and promised to help the new president, Mahmoud  Abbas, in a renewed push for peace with Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas will meet President Bush in New York on   Wednesday, Palestinian officials said, acknowledging U.S.   opposition to guidelines set for a unity government with Hamas.
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The Bush administration, moving to lend support to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, has approved growth in some Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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An ailing Yasser Arafat congratulated President Bush on his re-election and expressed hope that a second term will spark new life to the Middle East peace process, an aide to the Palestinian leader said Wednesday.
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By Inigo Gilmore in Jerusalem and Alec Russell in Washington. President George W Bush yesterday predicted that he would bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians during his second term in office, making
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US President George W Bush is discussing the Palestinian Territories in talks with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert.
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President Bush on Monday pledged help and support to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as the United States prepared to lift economic and diplomatic sanctions against his government since it no longer includes the Islamic militant group Hamas.
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President Bush approved yesterday $20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, as part of a broader White House strategy to pursue peace in the Middle East following Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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President Bush expressed American condolences late on Wednesday for the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and called it "a significant moment" for the Palestinians in their bid for peace and an independent state.
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George W Bush and Tony Blair voice optimism for the setting up of an independent Palestinian state.
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President Bush on Wednesday approved $20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority to help pay its Israeli utility bills after key lawmakers opposed plans to