Cease-Fire Deal for West Bank Falls Short
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 3 -- Extending a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip to the far larger West Bank proved elusive Sunday as Israel's security cabinet decided against doing so and the governing Hamas movement withdrew from negotiations on the matter.
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Israeli and Palestinian peace talks bogged down in disagreement on Monday for a second time after the Palestinians ruled out addressing core issues until Israel agreed to stop settlement building near Jerusalem.
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Some participants at the Arab-Israeli talks believe a strong resolve to seek an agreement has been established. Not so fast, say the pessimists
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JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH  - Israelis and Palestinians  far from Tuesday's summit in Egypt expressed doubts whether a  cease-fire declared by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and  President Mahmoud Abbas could end four years of bloodshed.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israeli-Palestinian talks  on security coordination scheduled after a ceasefire summit  meeting were postponed on Thursday because of a fresh outbreak  of violence, Palestinian officials said.
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In diplomacy, silence can speak as loudly as the noisiest protest. When Israel announced plans to build 1,001 new homes in the West Bank, the silence from Washington echoed around the Middle East like a rifle shot.
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Diplomatic efforts to reach quick agreement on a U.N. resolution aimed at ending the escalating Israeli-Hezbollah conflict faltered Wednesday over differences between the United States and France on the timing of an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The rival Hamas and Fatah parties froze talks yesterday on forming a Palestinian unity government, Fatah officials said. This was a new setback in efforts to form a more moderate coalition acceptable to the West.
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Israel signaled on Saturday it could  ease military operations against Palestinian gunmen if they  halted attacks, but militant group leaders said only a full  Israeli cease-fire could stop fighting.
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Palestinian factions behind rocket attacks on Israel signaled softer terms for a truce on Friday, giving Israel 48 hours in which to agree to a mutual cessation of violence in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said.
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Hope for progress toward peace in the region is tempered by a Palestinian power vacuum.
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The cease-fire appeared to be holding after Palestinian factions stopped firing rockets in exchange for an Israeli troop withdrawal.
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Israel signaled on Saturday it could  ease back military operations against Palestinian militants if  they halted attacks, but the guerrillas said only a full  Israeli cease-fire could stop fighting.
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Israeli officials hope to reach agreement with the Palestinians on a âdeclaration of principlesâ for peace by the end of the year, but not on a detailed peace treaty.
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A cease-fire between the two Palestinian groups aims to end four days of bloody violence
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Israel will slow a planned pullback  from West Bank cities because of Gaza violence that has frayed  a de facto cease-fire and raised doubts Palestinians can keep  militants in check, officials said on Tuesday.
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Israel should halt construction work on the West Bank separation barrier if it reached a ceasefire deal with the Palestinians, Israel&#39;s president Moshe Katsav said on Thursday, marking the most high-profile criticism of the separation barrier.