US Changes West Bank Policy to Help Sharon: NYTimes
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The Bush administration has signaled  approval of growth in some Israeli settlements in the West Bank  in a policy change aimed at helping Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon, the New York Times said on Saturday.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, facing a  party mutiny over his plan to quit the Gaza Strip, has approved  1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the West Bank in a move  that drew a cautious response on Tuesday from Washington.
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WASHINGTON - Under US encouragement and, in some cases, pressure, Israel has quietly taken steps aimed at strengthening the standing of Palestinian moderates and has agreed to consider others now after the death of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat
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Israel will not follow the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan and could remain in much of the West Bank for an extended period after it withdraws from the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in a newspaper interview published Wednesday.
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The United States, Israel and European states are prepared to ease a ban on aid to the Palestinian government that President Mahmoud Abbas is forming in the West Bank after sacking Hamas, officials said on Friday.
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Israelâs prime minister Ariel Sharon was warned many a time to beware of placing all his major policy eggs in the George W. Bush basket.
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The United States, Israel and European states are preparing to ease sanctions in the West Bank to try to bolster an emergency government formed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, officials said on Friday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expected to walk away from his first visit to the United States without getting the Bush administration to put its heft behind Olmert&#039;s sweeping West Bank pullback plan.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to changes in the route of Israel&#39;s West Bank barrier on Monday but insisted on keeping key Jewish settlement blocks inside, political sources said.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has  approved building tenders for 1,000 more Israeli settlement  homes in the occupied West Bank frozen earlier to avoid  upsetting the United States, political sources said on Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank could expect dramatic changes for the better under a new emergency administration, according to an aide.
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A top aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was quoted as saying yesterday that Israel&#39;s planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is intended to block Palestinian statehood indefinitely and that the policy had US backing.
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon reportedly decides to lift a ban on diplomatic contact with the Palestinians.
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The United States plans to lift a ban on direct aid to the emergency government that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is forming following Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip, Washington's envoy said on Saturday.
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Bush administration officials say the US could agree to some new Israeli settlement construction on the West Bank, provided it does step outside the boundaries of existing locations - a departure from the freeze demanded till now.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved a start to diplomatic talks with the Palestinians in response to a lull in militant attacks secured by their new leader Mahmoud Abbas, officials said on Wednesday. The decision came hours before senior U.S. diplomat William Burns was to arrive on a fresh White House mission to revive a "road map" peace plan envisaging a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip co-existing with a secure Israel.
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GAZA CITY, 24 August 2004 - Encouraged by an apparent US policy shift, Israel yesterday announced plans for more than 530 new housing units in the West Bank for Jewish settlers.