Olmert seeks direct talks with Syrias
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Israel and Syria must conduct direct peace talks, without a mediator, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying, in response to Syrian President Bashar Assad who proposed third-party involvement.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is exploring the possibility of renewing peace talks with Syria and has indicated he is willing to give up the Golan Heights, a senior Israeli official said Thursday.
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Top Palestinian delegates on Monday promised Syria&#39;s leader coordination on future peace talks with Israel, but stopped short of giving what Damascus wanted - linkage of the
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Israel is trying to halt an arms deal in which Russia would supply advanced missiles to Syria, Israeli officials said Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said he was ready to "treat seriously" a dormant Saudi initiative calling for a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Arab world in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal from lands captured in the 1967 Mideast War.
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Israel has told Syria it is willing to trade land for peace and is waiting to hear whether President Bashar al-Assad would cut ties with Iran and hostile guerrilla groups in return, Israeli officials said on Friday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he would be willing to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Asad under certain conditions.
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Israeli President Moshe Katsav has asked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad via European intermediaries to repatriate the remains of an Israeli spy executed four decades ago, a Katsav aide said on Thursday.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tried to defuse growing public anger Monday over his handling of the war against Hezbollah, promising to rebuild rocket-scarred border areas but rejecting peace talks with Syria, a key supporter of the Lebanese guerrillas.
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Syria convenes a conference of rejectionists demanding an end to peace talks with Israel
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Fearful of being left behind, Syrian President Bashar Assad has been saying something quite startling &#151; that he is willing to resume peace talks with Israel unconditionally.
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Egypt offered Monday to mediate between  Israel and Syria on a possible resumption of peace talks  without preconditions, after a gap of more than four years.
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According to United Nations envoy Terje Roed-Larsen, Syrian President Bashar Assad is now willing to restart peace negotiations with Israel &#39;without pre-conditions.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   recently held talks with a member of Saudi Arabia's royal   family on Middle East peace and Iran's nuclear program,   Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said on Monday.
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During a meeting with Syrian leader Bashar el-Assad, PA interim leader Abu Mazen stated that in the event of a renewal of talks between Damascus and Syria, there must be a dialogue with Lebanon to align positions.
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TEL AVIV -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday rejected a US advisory group's conclusions that Israel must talk to Syria and solve its conflict with the Palestinians to help the Bush administration stabilize Iraq.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday said Israel is not interested in violent conflict with Syria, adding that he is confident that recent tensions with Israel's archenemy will subside, Israeli media reported.