Prospects for peace with Syria still "stuck": Peres
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Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres played down on Sunday prospects for relaunching talks with Syria over a land-for-peace deal.
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DAMASCUS, Syria A top UN envoy says Syria&#39;s president is ready to resume peace talks with Israel &quot;without conditions.&quot;.
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Israel and Syria must conduct direct peace talks, without a mediator, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying, in response to Syrian President Bashar Assad who proposed third-party involvement.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad is ready to resume peace talks with Israel "without conditions," a top U.N. envoy said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if Damascus dropped its demand that talks resume from the point where they broke off with Israel four years ago.
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Defense Minister Amir Peretz, asked about the possibility of war with Syria, said Wednesday that the military was preparing for any scenario but added that Israel must not give up on diplomacy with Damascus.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is exploring the possibility of renewing peace talks with Syria and has indicated he is willing to give up the Golan Heights, a senior Israeli official said Thursday.
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&quot;In the end we are all seeking a comprehensive solution, not a partial one, Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Sha&#39;ath told reporters Monday after meeting with Syrian officials.
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Israel will not follow the &quot;road map,&quot; Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published yesterday, acknowledging that he is casting aside the US-backed peace plan for now, even as Washington insists it is still valid.
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Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Friday the Jewish state should not agree to a truce with Hamas unless the Islamist group first stops rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
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The Arab League won vital Syrian support on Monday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition, but the opposing parties said a deal still looked elusive.
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Israeli opposition Labour party leader Shimon Peres, who shared the Nobel peace prize with Yasser Arafat in 1994, on Thursday criticised the Palestinian leader for continuing on the path of &quot;terrorism&quot;.
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srael has offered peace talks to the Palestinians and Syria if they move against anti-Israel violence, Israel&#39;s Foreign Minister says, endorsing the United States-backed &quot;road map&quot; peace plan again after a year of going it alone.
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An Israeli newspaper said on Friday that Israel has told Syria it is prepared to withdraw from the Golan Heights in return for lasting peace, adding to growing signals that Israel is looking to resume negotiations.
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NRG Maariv has learned that head of Peres Center for Peace, Ron Pundak, met Palestinians close to Arafat, signaling possible thaw in Peres-Arafat relations.
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DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian President Bashar Assad is ready to resume peace talks with Israel &quot;without conditions,&quot; a top UN envoy said yesterday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he would be willing to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Asad under certain conditions.
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Pope Benedict XVI met Thursday with Israeli President Shimon Peres, as the elder statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate continued his visit to Italy amid an international push for peace in the Middle East.