Arafat says Palestinian state more likely with Netanyahu as PM
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In interview with âFinancial Timesâ, PA chief says, âWith Sharon itâs much harderâ. Claims contacts with Sharon still held through his son MK Omri Sharon.
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Prime minister Ahmed Qorei will lead the Palestinian delegation to next month's conference in London which is designed to prepare the Palestinians for statehood, his office said.
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IF ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dies, a joint team made up of Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qurie and his predecessor Mahmud Abbas is likely to take the reigns of power, Palestinian officials said today.
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Leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organisation affirmed today that Yasser Arafat remained very much in charge despite his absence for urgent medical treatment in France.
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President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority also declared his readiness to hold talks with IsraelÂs prime minister.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Marking the 40th anniversary of what he called the Arabs' "great defeat" by Israel in six days of war, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assured his people on Tuesday that statehood was within reach.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and Mahmoud Abbas, the favorite to become the new Palestinian leader, said in separate interviews published today that they would be
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JERUSALEM, Aug. 28 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discussed in broad terms Tuesday the issues most important to the creation of a Palestinian state in advance of a U.S.-sponsored peace conference proposed for this fall.
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BEIJING  - Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom expressed hope Monday that a more moderate Palestinian leadership would emerge if Yasser Arafat dies, and said his government would be waiting to work with it.
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Israel promised to ease conditions in the West Bank and Gaza so that Palestinians can vote for a successor to Yasir Arafat.
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Yasser Arafat is in a stable condition  and not in a coma, an aide said on Sunday, while militants  pressed for decision-making powers in a unified Palestinian  leadership if the president dies.
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Israel's prime minister says he is ready for talks with the Palestinian leader, after talks with UK PM Tony Blair.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud   Abbas reassured Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that a   national unity government he was negotiating with Hamas would   recognize Israel's right to exist, an aide said.
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The new Palestinian leadership continued its efforts to patch up estranged relations with Arab regimes in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, with PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei receiving a cautious welcome
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death opens a rare window of opportunity to build a democratic Palestinian state that could live side by side in peace with Israel.
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The loss of Yasser Arafat could ease the Palestinian-Israeli conflict significantly, local observers of Middle Eastern politics said Friday.
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Israel could ease tough closures on Palestinian areas if Yasser Arafat dies so as to encourage the emergence of a moderate successor and a ceasefire by armed groups, political sources say.