Sharon Phones Abbas in Highest Contact for Years
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  phoned Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday to congratulate him on his  election as Palestinian president and offer cooperation, the  highest-level contact between the sides in nearly four years.
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Next year could bring a &quot;historic breakthrough&quot; in Israel&#39;s relations with the Palestinians, a buoyant Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel said today, insisting
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon telephoned Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday to congratulate him on his election as Palestinian president, a senior Palestinian official said.
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(IFM) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak described Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Thursday as the Palestinians&#39; best chance for peace, HaâAretz reported.
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Saying 2005 presents an &quot;opportunity for a historic breakthrough,&quot; Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Thursday invited the incoming Palestinian government to help Israel coordinate its withdrawal from Gaza next year.
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Foreign secretary Jack Straw is today beginning two days of talks in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Mr Straw will meet Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon before travelling on to the West Bank for
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he is making "extraordinary efforts" to start peace talks with the Palestinian leader.
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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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&quot;Sharon, for all his record of opposition to doing business with the Palestinians, is seeing the death of Arafat and the expected arrival of Mahmoud Abbas as a new chance.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that 2005 will be &quot;a year of great opportunity&quot; in which Israel will have unprecedented chances to make peace with the
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TEL AVIV -- Israel's foreign minister said yesterday that it was time the Jewish state talked to the Palestinians, adding that no conditions should be put on meeting President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate in a Jan. 9 Palestinian presidential election, on Wednesday called on Israel to tear down its West Bank separation barrier, telling thousands
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Omri Sharon, the son and special envoy of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, will hold &quot;private&quot; talks with senior Palestinian security officials in Britain next
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Egypt next  week, the highest-level summit between the sides in four years  of armed conflict, officials said on Wednesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he was ready to meet Israeli Prime   Minister Ehud Olmert as soon as possible to resume long-stalled   peace negotiations.
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Israel and the Palestinians lifted a  nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts  Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Egypt next  week, the first summit between the two sides in four years of  armed conflict, officials said on Wednesday.