Bush sees Palestine state treaty within year
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President George W. Bush told Palestinians on Thursday he believed they would sign a peace treaty with Israel within a year that would give them their own state.
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President George W. Bush was the first US president to call for an independent Palestinian state and has pledged that his administration, unlike its predecessors, won&#39;t shore up Arab dictators.
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As Yasser Arafat was buried, President Bush said Friday there is &#39;&#39;a great chance&#39;&#39; to create an independent Palestinian state within four years after decades of frustration.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush pledged yesterday to ''do what it takes&quot; to help create a democratic Palestinian state living peacefully with Israel and said ''it is possible&quot; such a state could come into being before he leaves office in four years.
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US president says he expects an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty signed by the time he leaves office
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Palestinian officials expressed hope Wednesday that US President George W. Bush&#39;s second term in the White House will bring changes to his policy toward the MiddleEast and the Palestinians in particular.
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President Bush said the election of a new Palestinian Authority president Sunday is a key step toward the establishment of an independent and peaceful Palestinian state.
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President Bush says he hopes Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death will clear the way for successful Mideast peace negotiations with new Palestinian leaders.
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Israel and the Palestinians opened on Monday their most serious peace talks in seven years, urged by U.S. President George W. Bush to reach a deal within a year despite heavy public skepticism.
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Palestinian leaders will tell Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, who is visiting the occupied territories today, that they want the Bush administration to commit itself to the creation of a Palestinian state by the end of next year.
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The Palestinian prime minister urged the United States on Friday to stick to its original 2005 deadline for Palestinian statehood, arguing that President Bush's recent proposal to extend it by as much as four years will give Israel time to grab more land in the disputed West Bank.
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U.S. President George W. Bush wrapped up his mission to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday, emboldened enough to have predicted a peace treaty within a year but with no major breakthroughs for his efforts.
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U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Israel on Wednesday aiming to boost efforts to achieve a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians before he leaves office in a year.
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President Bush heads to Israel and the West Bank this week, hoping his first visit as U.S. leader will open the throttle on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.
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George W Bush and Tony Blair voice optimism for the setting up of an independent Palestinian state.
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President Bush said on Friday he saw  a "great chance" of achieving an independent Palestinian state  and pledged to work with European leaders toward that goal.
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President Bush says he expects a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians during the New Year, and he pledges his personal efforts to ensure a diplomatic breakthrough.