Abbas, Olmert to meet in Egypt for talks on Gaza
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The Palestinian and Israeli leaders agreed on Thursday to meet for the first time in two months after an Islamist takeover of the Gaza Strip prompted both to sharpen their confrontation with Hamas in the enclave.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on Tuesday to accelerate peace talks, despite differences over how quickly to tackle the thorny issue of Jerusalem, Israeli officials said.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he hoped his summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday would project a new spirit of peace after Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip in a civil war.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, frontrunner to succeed Yasser Arafat, said Wednesday that he expected negotiations on Israel's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip after Palestinian elections next month.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders are set to meet to try to ease peace problems ahead of the US president's key tour.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Sunday that yielded no immediate sign of progress toward peace.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he was ready to meet Israeli Prime   Minister Ehud Olmert as soon as possible to resume long-stalled   peace negotiations.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   will seek a summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if   gunmen in the Gaza Strip release a captive Israeli soldier,   Olmert's senior deputy said on Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Egypt next  week, the highest-level summit between the sides in four years  of armed conflict, officials said on Wednesday.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Hamas' top leader in Saudi Arabia next week in another effort to negotiate a national unity government agreement, an aide to Abbas said Friday.
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Two top Egyptian officials arrived in the West Bank on Monday for talks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on Monday to create teams to tackle Palestinian statehood issues, a move both sides described as a step towards more substantive talks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   will hold his first peace summit with Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas if gunmen in the Gaza Strip release a captive   Israeli soldier, Olmert's senior deputy said on Tuesday.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert meet for talks in Jerusalem.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet next week for the first time since Hamas routed Abbas's Fatah group in Gaza, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said on Thursday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Sunday for their second summit in a month, Israeli media reported Friday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem.