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Tzipi Livni, Israel’s foreign minister, and Ahmed Qurei, the former Palestinian prime minister, met in a hotel here for two hours, without aides,
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“The Labor Party and [party chairman] Ehud Barak will be able to argue that without Lieberman, the diplomatic process can be accelerated, and therefore, it would be irresponsible to leave the government,” explained one. “Sooner or later, Lieberman will le
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According to the proposal, a majority of the outposts would be evacuated while some - built on entirely Jewish-owned land - would be incorporated into existing settlements.
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“The political situation finally seems to favor freeing him,” said Pollard’s wife, Esther, a native of Canada who married him after he entered prison — he is serving a life sentence — and now lives in Jerusalem.
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Alleged weapons smuggling in tunnels underneath the Egypt-Gaza border has become a major sticking point amid President Bush’s new push for peace in the Middle East.
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PA President Mahmoud Abbas described the operation as an “Israeli slaughter in Gaza.” Abbas said Israel was carrying out barbaric operations that undermined the peace process.
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“We will be retaining our interest in the Gaza Marine license, we’ll be maintaining our office in Ramallah and taking time to look at our options for Gaza Marine,” he said.
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Diplomatic relations, of course, is another matter and undoubtedly down the road,” Rice said. “We hope that as progress is made between Israelis and Palestinians that there will be more efforts, that there will be more opportunity for outreach. But this w
