Olmert seeks to rein in expectations for peace moves
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will seek to lower expectations for sweeping, rapid-fire breakthroughs on Palestinian statehood in talks with visiting envoys starting on Tuesday, officials said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood would not yield a peace breakthrough, seeking to head off a revolt by rightist coalition partners.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plan to meet on Thursday to try to salvage peace talks bogged down by a row over Jewish settlements, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to  use a visit to Germany beginning on Sunday to lobby for tougher  measures to force Iran to curb a nuclear program he has called  a threat to Israel's existence.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday a U.S.-led conference on Palestinian statehood would not yield a peace breakthrough, a statement that appeared aimed at heading off a revolt by rightist coalition partners.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Olmert's office confirmed on Monday, for talks expected to focus on principles for Palestinian statehood.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began a U.S. visit on Sunday saying he considered a new emergency Palestinian government shorn of Islamist Hamas a partner for peace negotiations.
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Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday Iran's nuclear plans were not as advanced as Tehran claimed, and it was still possible to exert economic pressure to halt the program without resorting to violence.
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Israel's determination to set final borders with the Palestinians, a widening Palestinian humanitarian crisis and Iran's nuclear program are expected to top the agenda of Ehud Olmert's first visit to Washington next week as prime minister.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reserved judgment on Sunday on a Palestinian unity deal and a senior Israeli official said a U.S.-brokered summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would be held as planned.
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In the afterglow of a high-profile peace conference, Israeli and Palestinian leaders will try in the coming year to resolve issues that have defied solutions for decades.
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With talks set for Monday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmertâs government sought budget approval for new settlements.
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Olmert says schism after Hamas takeover in Gaza presents 'opportunity' to empower moderates.
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The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has made unusually critical remarks about his country's policy of building settlements in the West Bank.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a surprise visit to Jordan on Tuesday for talks with King Abdullah II on ways to revive Mideast peacemaking.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet next week for their second summit in a month, but this one will focus on humanitarian matters rather than the core issues of the Mideast dispute, an Olmert aide said Tuesday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert confronted critics within his own party who fear he may concede too much to Palestinians and urged them on Thursday to seize an opportunity to make peace after 60 years of conflict.