Can the Saudis Stop a Palestinian Civil War?
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Hamas and Fatah are invited to Mecca to make a power sharing deal. If the talks fail, the war will escalate
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Comment is free: Sami Abdel-Shafi: Any progress in the Middle East must begin with building a peace among Palestinians.
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JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip -- The Palestinian prime minister said yesterday that militants were prepared to stop firing rockets at Israel if it would halt all military action in Palestinian territories. Israel rejected the offer, saying it would respond positively only to a total truce.
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The Saudi initiative calls for regional dialogue over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Israel signaled on Saturday it could  ease military operations against Palestinian militants if they  halted attacks, but senior Palestinian leaders said only a full  Israeli cease-fire could stop fighting.
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A power-sharing pact may end Gaza fighting, but will Israel and the US recognize its terms?
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US president working to persuade Saudi Arabia to maintain support for Israeli-Palestinian peace process
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Four years ago, the Palestinians launched a war against Israel. It was designed to extract additional concessions from Ehud Barak&#39;s government, just after being offered all of Gaza and more than 90% of the West Bank, including parts of Jerusalem.
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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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To the alarm of Washington, Hamas has seized the advantage in the increasingly vicious war between Palestinian factions
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Peace requires Israeli concessions, not just compromises from the Palestinians. Israel must freeze settlement activity in the West Bank and stop constructing its barrier on Palestinian territory, free Palestinian
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An internal dispute between Saudi Arabia's royal family and government officials have put the country's leadership at odds on how to handle Mideast turmoil
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions agreed at crisis talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday on the formation of a unity government, an official said.
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For the first time in 41 years, Saudi Arabia is allowing local elections. The ruling family's goal, political analysts and diplomats say, is to determine whether a more open government might help defuse a rising armed threat by Muslim  militants in the kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia said on Thursday that its  2002 Middle East peace plan remained the only framework to end  the Arab-Israeli conflict, as the United Nations prepares to  discuss the issue.
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A cease-fire between the two Palestinian groups aims to end four days of bloody violence
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas visited Saudi Arabia on Monday at time when many in the region are hopeful that Israelis and Arabs can make a new start on peace in the wake of Yasser Arafat's death.