Bush Calls on Israel to Impose Settlement Freeze
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President Bush on Tuesday called  on Israel to impose a freeze on Jewish settlements in the West  Bank and Gaza, taking a harder line on settlement growth than  Washington has recently.
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President George W. Bush paid homage to Holocaust victims before a biblical tour on Friday that will wrap up a Holy Land visit in which he urged Israelis and Palestinians to get serious about peace efforts.
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US president urges Palestinian people to choose peaceful co-existence with Israel and reject violence.
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Jordan's King Abdullah II called for renewed efforts to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a speech Tuesday, a day before he meets President Bush, but he warned that his country would not accept a deal that causes an influx of Palestinians.
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President Bush said Monday any Mideast cease-fire must prevent Hezbollah from strengthening its grip in southern Lebanon, asserting "it's time to address root causes of problems."
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday pledged to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel tightened the diplomatic and economic embargo on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.
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Bush administration officials said yesterday that the United States and Israel disagree over a key clause in last year&#39;s &quot;road map&quot; peace plan  an Israeli pledge to freeze Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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A senior US official said here on Monday that Israel must stop building Jewish settlement in the Palestinian territories. &quot;That settlement activity in the occupied territories
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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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The State Department indicated Monday a new flexibility in interpreting President Bush's call two years ago for a freeze on Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories.
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US President Bush says he is ready to pressure Middle East peace negotiators, as he makes his first visit to Israel.
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The quartet of Middle East  advisers, backing up a plea from President Bush, called on  Israel on Wednesday to impose a freeze on Jewish settlements in  the West Bank and Gaza.
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SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt  -- Answering Arab skepticism, President Bush promised Wednesday to stay engaged in pulling Israelis and Palestinians toward a peace pact by the end of his term.
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Embarking on his first visit to Jerusalem as president, George W. Bush pressed Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday to seize what he called an historic opportunity and make tough concessions for peace.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators struggled on Monday to get U.S.-sponsored peace talks, stalled by disputes over Jewish settlements, on course before a visit by President George W. Bush.
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Jerusalem, Oct 07 - The United States has asked Israel to clarify a statement made by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s senior advisor Dov Weisglass, which said Tel Aviv&#39;s disengagement plan meant a &quot;freezing of the peace process,&quot; media reported here.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 15 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Israelis and Palestinians on Monday to compromise on a plan to jump-start peace negotiations, describing the ending of their long conflict as one of the top goals of President Bush in the 15 months he has left in office.