Israel allows Palestinian talks
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Israel lifts a ban on contacts with the new Palestinian leader, opening the way for security talks.
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Israel is considering suspending contacts with moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if his new unity government with Hamas does not meet international demands, Israeli officials said on Monday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Monday to discuss guidelines for resuming peace negotiations, the prime minister's office said.
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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders hold talks in Jerusalem designed to bolster the Palestinian government.
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Israeli and Palestinian aides resumed meetings and Israel agreed to suspend targeted killings of Palestinian militants.
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Description: The Israeli government announces it will hold talks with Palestinian officials to coordinate presidential elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Ehud Olmert said today he is willing to discuss the creation of a Palestinian state if the new government headed by president Mahmoud Abbas pledges to combat terrorism.
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JERUSALEM, Nov 10  - Israel can no longer say it has no viable Palestinian partner for peace talks with the departure of veteran leader Yasser Arafat from the scene, opposition Labour leader Shimon Peres said Wednesday.
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Israel and the Palestinians lifted a  nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts  Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
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JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed yesterday to set up negotiating teams on the core issues standing in the way of Palestinian statehood, bringing the two sides a step closer to full-fledged peace talks.
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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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Israel has decided to resume diplomatic contacts with the Palestinians after cutting them off for almost two weeks over a bombing in the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli official said Wednesday.
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In the latest sign that Israeli-Palestinian relations are warming since the death of Yasser Arafat, Israel is allowing free travel into Bethlehem this Christmas Eve.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who wants to talk peace with Israel, has accepted an invitation to pay an official visit to Israel's arch-enemy Iran, officials said on Wednesday.
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Israel should turn over Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem to the Palestinians as part of a peace deal with the moderate government of President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel's deputy prime minister said Friday
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lifted a ban on contacts with the Palestinians after new leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered Gaza security forces to halt attacks on Israelis, and officials from both sides met within hours.
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Israel will allow the Palestinian prime minister to return to Gaza but without millions in donations, sources say.