Powell to Travel to Israel, West Bank
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Secretary of State Colin Powell, facing his last weeks on the job, will travel to Israel and the West Bank to try to accelerate prospects for peacemaking, the State Department announced Tuesday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell says he hopes to meet Palestinian leaders soon as part of a harder US push for peace in the region following the death of President Yasser Arafat.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories later this month in an effort to help revive the Mideast peace process.
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Israeli leaders told Secretary of State Colin Powell today that they will do their utmost to allow Palestinian elections to take place, including easing travel restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  he would press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps  to enable Palestinians to elect a successor to Yasser Arafat,  as he arrived in Israel on Sunday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has continued his latest Middle East peace mission, urging Israeli and Palestinian leaders to make the most of new chances.
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Israel said ahead of a visit by  Secretary of State Colin Powell Sunday that it would consider  any formal request to pull troops away from West Bank cities to  facilitate a Palestinian presidential election.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has arrived in the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials, saying the White House is determined to capitalise on a new opportunity for peace.
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His trip includes Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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JERUSALEM Secretary of State Colin Powell, arriving in Israel for his first visit in a year and a half, said Sunday that he would work with Palestinian leaders to come up with an American financial aid package in the next few weeks to facilitate
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Rabat, Morocco -- Colin Powell ended what may be his last overseas trip as US secretary of state here Saturday, struggling with the same issues that consumed so much of his four years in office -- the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace and reform in
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Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Israel late Sunday for his first direct talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials since the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on November 11.
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JERUSALEM  - US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Israel, with Washington determined to push forward the Middle East peace process ahead of January&#39;s election to find a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell says the Bush administration wants to get peace-making efforts between Israel and the Palestinians restarted.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is  expected to visit the West Bank for talks next week, a  Palestinian official said, in what could signal a revival of  Middle East peace efforts prompted by Yasser Arafat's death.
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JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State Colin Powell embarked Sunday on a mission to revive the Middle East peace process after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A U.S. envoy said before a  visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that Israel  should take steps to smooth the way for a Palestinian  presidential election scheduled for January.