Bush Gives $20 Mln to Palestinians for Israeli Bills
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President Bush on Wednesday approved  $20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority to help  pay its Israeli utility bills after key lawmakers objected to  plans to use the money for presidential elections in January  and to pay Palestinian salaries.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - The Bush administration  signaled on Saturday that it may accept limited growth within  existing Israeli settlements in the West Bank in a shift that  could help embattled Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged on Tuesday to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel sought to tighten the screws on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.
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Israel agreed on Sunday to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency government, a measure designed to undercut Hamas Islamists controlling Gaza.
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Israel, which receives about $3 billion a year in US aid, may seek extra funding next year to bolster border security and overhaul checkpoints as part of a plan to pull out of Gaza and parts of
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President Bush praised Sunday's  Palestinian elections as an essential step toward the goal of  statehood and promised to help the new president, Mahmoud  Abbas, in a renewed push for peace with Israel.
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JERUSALEM, Jan. 10 -- President Bush said Thursday that Palestinian refugees should receive compensation for the loss of homes they fled or were forced to flee during the establishment of Israel and declared that there should be an end to Israel's "occupation" of lands seized in war four decades ...
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Citing a &quot;renewed opportunity for peace&quot; in the Middle East, the Bush administration said Wednesday it will give $20 million directly to the Palestinian Authority.
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Israel said the Palestinian prime minister was carrying millions of dollars in cash that could be used for terrorist attacks.
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President Bush will make his first trip to Jerusalem and the West Bank next month to push Israel and the Palestinians toward peace, the White House announced yesterday.
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President Bush called for a halt to Israel's military occupation of land the Palestinians claim for a state and an end to the terrorist threat over the Jewish homeland, spelling out the U.S. bottom line Thursday for ending the long and bloody Mideast conflict.
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President Bush is asking Congress for &#36;2.52 billion in military and economic aid for Israel and &#36;350 million to help the Palestinian economy and security forces.
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President Bush  approved Wednesday $20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, as part of a broader White House strategy to pursue peace in the Middle East following Yasser Arafat's death.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday that there was now a &quot;great chance&quot; to establish a Palestinian state and that he would invest the authority of the United States to try to accomplish that goal during his second term.
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President George W. Bush will announce $190 million in new aid to the Fatah-led government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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The top American diplomat in Jerusalem said Monday that the Bush administration is seeking $400 million in new aid for the Palestinian Authority
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The Bush administration has changed its stance on Israeli construction in the West Bank, and now supports development and expansion of existing settlements, according to a New York Times report