Israel not seeking for peace
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Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, said Thursday Israel must stop military action against Palestinians or there can be no peace.
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Israel rejected mounting international   pressure on Monday to end its 20-day-old war against Hizbollah   guerrillas and the United Nations indefinitely postponed a   meeting on a new peacekeeping force for Lebanon.
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Damascus does not believe that either the US or Israel want a comprehensive regional settlement.
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Interim Palestinian leaders have rejected a new and softer position by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to hold talks on peace in the region.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood would not yield a peace breakthrough, seeking to head off a revolt by rightist coalition partners.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said Thursday he opposed peace talks with Syria while it  continued to host Palestinian militant groups in Damascus.
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Israel on Tuesday ruled out negotiations "at this stage" on the borders of a future Palestinian state, rebuffing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and casting doubt on a U.S. push to tackle the issue.
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Israel's prime minister spelled out a tough line Wednesday against Iran, Syria and an emerging Palestinian government, urging the international community to take a firmer stance against Tehran's nuclear ambitions and saying the Jewish state has no interest in talking to those who support violence.
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Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres says that Israel does not intend to use military force against Iran, which Israel suspects is building nuclear bombs.
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Israel's prime minister on Thursday said it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with woes in the Middle East and ruled out any immediate talks with Syria despite a U.S. report urging negotiations.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said Israel would not accept the presence of peacekeepers in Lebanon from countries that don't have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state, officials said.
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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki accused Israel on Friday of failing to meet commitments made at peace talks relaunched at a U.S.-hosted conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in November.
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Israeli PM says his country Israel will &#39;maintain calm&#39; in absence of Palestinian militantsâ attacks. JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel would &quot;maintain the calm&quot; in the absence of attacks
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Furious over the killing of two Israelis hiking in the West Bank, Israel's prime minister said Sunday that no peace will come until Palestinians crack down on militants, a declaration that clouds a coming visit by President Bush.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected reported peace overtures by Syria on Wednesday, saying it had to crack down on Islamic militant groups under its control before negotiations that stalled in 2000 could resume.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he cannot rule out an attack against Iran, which much of the world believes is trying to develop a nuclear weapon.Comment