Israel rebuffs call for talks on core issues
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Israel on Tuesday ruled out negotiations "at this stage" on the borders of a future Palestinian state, rebuffing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and casting doubt on a U.S. push to tackle the issue.
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Russian Defence Minister rejects allegations that have sparked a crisis in the between Russia and Israel.
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The Arab-Israeli conflict has kept Arabs from addressing other security concerns, including the need to rid the region of weapons of mass destruction, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Monday.
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Israel will not participate in an international Mideast conference Britain is considering hosting, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said today.
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Israel rejected a call by U.N.   Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and   sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it would only end the   7-week-old siege once all aspects of a ceasefire were in place.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday ruled out dialogue with Hamas Islamists who control the Gaza Strip and said the army would continue attacks on militants firing cross-border rockets into Israel.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that Israel was ready to discuss a sweeping Arab plan for Mideast peace, but wouldn't accept ultimatums.
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Israel rejected a Syrian offer for an unconditional resumption of peace talks on Wednesday,dismissing it as &quot;nothing new&quot;.
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The Palestinian and Israeli leaders met for the second time this month today to discuss the "core issues" that would have to be tackled before a Palestinian state could be inaugurated.
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TEL AVIV -- Israel's foreign minister said yesterday that it was time the Jewish state talked to the Palestinians, adding that no conditions should be put on meeting President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said Thursday he opposed peace talks with Syria while it  continued to host Palestinian militant groups in Damascus.
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The Palestinian Authority on Friday  rejected Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new and  seemingly softer terms for restarting peace talks, saying he  should drop all conditions for dialogue.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday rejected a call from Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival in the Likud party, to put his Gaza withdrawal plan to a referendum and vowed to carry it out on schedule.
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The Palestinian administration demanded that the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks be &quot;unconditional&quot; and therefore refused the conditions of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to resume them.
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A prominent Hamas official tried to open discussions with Israel to ease confrontation in the Gaza Strip but was rebuffed, a Palestinian official familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday.
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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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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tried to defuse growing public anger Monday over his handling of the war against Hezbollah, promising to rebuild rocket-scarred border areas but rejecting peace talks with Syria, a key supporter of the Lebanese guerrillas.