Settlements, Gaza cloud Israel-Palestinian talks
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Israeli plans to build more homes in and around Arab East Jerusalem came under fire on Tuesday from Palestinians who see the city as capital of their future state, casting another shadow over troubled peace talks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Sunday, officials said, but both sides sought to play down the chances of progress.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators opened a second round of statehood talks on Monday but the Palestinians ruled out addressing substantive issues until Israel agreed to stop settlement building near Jerusalem.
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Israelis and Palestinians trade recriminations in their first detailed peace talks in almost seven years.
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Israeli-Palestinian talks hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended on Monday with a vague promise to meet again and little sign of progress on reviving long-stalled peace moves.
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By threatening to ignite a Palestinian civil war, the killing of three children in the Gaza Strip on Monday has jeopardized Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's efforts to restart long-stalled peace talks.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet again Thursday as tensions flare over new construction and smuggling from Egypt to Gaza.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 19 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday hosted talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders on ways to build an independent Palestinian state, but the summit appeared to yield little but a pledge to meet again.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on Tuesday, on the eve of a visit by President George W. Bush, to get peace talks moving despite major differences over Jewish settlement construction near Jerusalem.
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The Israelis and Palestinians return once more to the negotiating table -- and stumble over the same old problems
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Thursday to try to overcome disputes over Jewish settlements that have paralyzed U.S.-backed peace talks.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders prepare for talks to try to defuse a row over Jewish settlement activity.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators planned to meet on Monday for a second round of U.S.-backed peace talks bogged down by disputes over Jewish settlement building near Jerusalem.
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TEL AVIV A shaky political system here raised a huge question mark last week over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s ability to pursue his only existing diplomatic plan - the initiative to evacuate the Gaza strip and to remove some of the Israeli settlements
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Palestinian gunmen rained mortar and  rocket fire into Israeli settlements in Gaza on Thursday  despite new President Mahmoud Abbas's formal truce declaration  at a summit that revived Middle East peace hopes.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials have started negotiations in order to reach an agreement to stop the major Israeli offensive in Gaza in return for stopping fighters from firing rockets into the Jewish state, Israeli sources said Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s hope of annexing West Bank settlements and keeping all of Jerusalem under a final peace deal is a disaster that could torpedo efforts to restart peace talks, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas