Bush sees Palestine state treaty within year
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President George W. Bush said on Thursday he believes a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians will be signed before he leaves office in January 2009.
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WASHINGTON It won&#39;t happen next year as he originally proposed in his road map, but President Bush says he&#39;ll spend the next four years trying to help &quot;a truly free state&quot; for Palestinians develop alongside Israel.
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President Bush said he was sure he would bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians during his second term in office, in an interview published in an Israeli newspaper on Sunday.
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US President George W Bush is to visit the West Bank for key talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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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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President George W. Bush said that after the death of Yasser Arafat there was now a &quot;great chance&quot; to create an independent Palestinian state living at peace with Israel by the time he leaves office in 2009.
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A new Palestinian leadership would improve chances for the Middle East peace process, US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
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President Bush promised to return in May for Israelâs 60th anniversary to press for a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians by the end of his term.
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Palestinian officials expressed hope Wednesday that US President George W. Bush&#39;s second term in the White House will bring changes to his policy toward the MiddleEast and the Palestinians in particular.
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President Bush says he hopes Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death will clear the way for successful Mideast peace negotiations with new Palestinian leaders.
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President George W. Bush is moving quickly to take advantage of the opening provided by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s death to push for a resumption of Mideast peace talks.
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President Bush said on Sunday that  the United States stands ready to help the new Palestinian  president, Mahmoud Abbas, as he faces up to critical  post-election challenges combating militants and carrying out  reform.
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As Yasser Arafat was buried, President Bush raised hopes Friday for a Middle East peace and the creation of an independent Palestinian state within four years, suggesting decades of distrust and frustration could be altered by the change of Palestinian leadership.
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President Bush said he intends to pursue the establishment of an independent and democratic Palestinian state during his second term, and will develop a strategy with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help ...
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President Bush called for realism and took the long view Monday on Mideast peacemaking and development of democracy among Palestinians.
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WASHINGTON  - President George W. Bush, meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, declared Friday, "We have a great chance to establish a Palestinian state."
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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.