Israel: Palestinian State Shelved with U.S. Blessing
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Israel's plan to withdraw from  occupied Gaza will prevent a Palestinian state emerging and  freeze peacemaking, and all with Washington's approval, a key  adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday.
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Palestinian militant groups offered Israel to stop firing rockets into the Jewish state in exchange for a cessation of all attacks on the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, an official said on Thursday.
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The State Department indicated Monday a new flexibility in interpreting President Bush&#39;s call two years ago for a freeze on Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories.
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JERUSALEM - The significance of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip is to put the establishment of a Palestinian state on hold indefinitely, and do so with the permission of the United States, a senior Sharon aide said in a
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Israel on Tuesday ruled out negotiations "at this stage" on the borders of a future Palestinian state, rebuffing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and casting doubt on a U.S. push to tackle the issue.
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The U.S. and Israel have agreed to reject any Palestinian government that does not meet the conditions set by the so-called Mideast Quartet, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to meet separately Sunday with Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas before a three-way summit with both of them on Monday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's chief of staff on Thursday called a Gaza withdrawal plan a possible step toward a Palestinian state, in a clear sign of softening following Yasser Arafat's death.
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Israel says prospects for peace could be boosted by a new Palestinian government without Hamas.
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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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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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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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The United States, European states and Israel are considering rapidly easing sanctions in the occupied West Bank to try to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Western and Israeli officials said on Friday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians should declare an independent state unilaterally if peace talks with Israel continue to falter, a top aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said substantial steps toward creation of a Palestinian state could not be considered until after Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip next year.
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UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Tuesday vetoed the draft of an Arab-backed resolution at the UN Security Council, which would have called on Israel to end its military operation in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel and the Palestinians will issue separate but mutually dependent vows Tuesday to halt military operations against each other, Palestinian and Israeli officials say.
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CRAWFORD, Texas -- The Bush administration confirmed yesterday 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.