Israeli PM 'lifts talks freeze'
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon reportedly decides to lift a ban on diplomatic contact with the Palestinians.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a visiting U.N. envoy Tuesday that Israel will lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon once an international peacekeeping force is deployed along Lebanon's borders.
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Israel will lift its eight-week-old   air and sea blockade of Lebanon at 1500 GMT on Thursday,   handing over control to international forces, Prime Minister   Ehud Olmert's office said.
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Premier Sharon has already begun to initiate coalition negotiations with Labor, UTJ and Shas, following his significant victory at last nightâs Likud convention vote, which overturned a previous decision by the central committee nixing a coalition with
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Israel has decided to resume diplomatic contacts with the Palestinians after cutting them off for almost two weeks over a bombing in the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli official said Wednesday.
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Israel and the Palestinian Authority resumed diplomatic contacts Wednesday after a two-week freeze, and Israel agreed to suspend targeted killings of Palestinian militants -- two more steps toward a cease-fire and a resumption of peace talks.
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Officials in the Israeli prime ministerâs office reacted coolly to an indirect approach by the Hamas ruler in Gaza offering talks for a truce.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lifted a ban on contacts with the Palestinians after new leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered Gaza security forces to halt attacks on Israelis, and officials from both sides met within hours.
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Israel and the Palestinians ended a  nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts on  Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel will lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon on Thursday at 1500 GMT, the Israeli government announces.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  has lifted a ban on peace talks with new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas imposed after six Israelis were killed in a Gaza  border ambush, political sources said on Wednesday.
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Israel and the Palestinians ended 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 and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas say they are willing to hold talks.
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Israeli Labour leader Shimon Peres said on Saturday coalition talks between his party and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be resolved in days and were vital to speed up a Gaza pullout and bring Middle East peace.
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Israel and the Palestinians ended a nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts on Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Tony Blair is holding talks with his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon in an attempt to get the Mid East peace process back on track.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel lifted its air blockade of Lebanon yesterday after eight weeks, but maintained its sea cordon after determining that not enough international forces had taken up position along the coast to enforce an arms embargo against the Shi'ite militia Hezbollah.