Bush Calls on Israel to Impose Settlement Freeze
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President Bush on Tuesday called  on Israel to impose a freeze on Jewish settlements in the West  Bank and Gaza, taking a harder line on settlement growth than  Washington has recently.
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President Bush, on a fence-mending trip  to Canada, called on Wednesday for an international consensus  in a new quest for peace in the Middle East that he said must  start with Palestinian steps toward democracy.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday to broaden their fragile ceasefire as Arab nations urged her to press Israel to ease restrictions in the occupied West Bank.
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Embarking on his first visit to Jerusalem as U.S. president, George W. Bush pressed Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday to seize what he called an historic opportunity and make tough concessions for peace.
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A senior US official said here on Monday that Israel must stop building Jewish settlement in the Palestinian territories. &quot;That settlement activity in the occupied territories
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President George W. Bush on Thursday acknowledged the need for "concerted efforts" to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after a panel on the Iraq war urged revived U.S. diplomacy to defuse broader regional tensions.
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With formal peacemaking a dim prospect at this volatile time, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert intends to sound out President Bush on the Israeli&#039;s plan to impose a West Bank settlement on the Palestinians by relinquishing most of the territory to them for a state.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators struggled on Monday to get U.S.-sponsored peace talks, stalled by disputes over Jewish settlements, on course before a visit by President George W. Bush.
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President Bush called for a halt to Israel's military occupation of land the Palestinians claim for a state and an end to the terrorist threat over the Jewish homeland, spelling out the U.S. bottom line Thursday for ending the long and bloody Mideast conflict.
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US president urges Palestinian people to choose peaceful co-existence with Israel and reject violence.
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President George W. Bush, hardening his tone towards Israel on Thursday, urged an end to "the occupation" of the West Bank and pushed for a peace treaty to be signed within a year to create a Palestinian state.
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US President Bush says he is ready to pressure Middle East peace negotiators, as he makes his first visit to Israel.
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President Bush said Monday any Mideast cease-fire must prevent Hezbollah from strengthening its grip in southern Lebanon, asserting "it's time to address root causes of problems."
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U.S. President George W. Bush called on Monday for a Middle East peace conference bringing together Israel, the Palestinians and some Arab neighbors and led by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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The State Department indicated Monday a new flexibility in interpreting President Bush's call two years ago for a freeze on Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories.
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President Bush opened his first presidential trip to Israel on Wednesday, seeking to build momentum for stalled Mideast peace talks
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US president to call for international peace conference including Israeli and Arab representatives.