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Bush Meets With Olmert, Abbas

Bush jump-starts peace talks a day ahead of Annapolis summit

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 26, 2007 4:01 PM CST
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(Newser) – On the eve of the Mideast peace summit, which begins tomorrow in Annapolis, President Bush held separate talks with Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas today in the Oval Office, reports the Washington Post. Between meetings, Bush thanked both leaders for participating in the talks and said he was “optimistic” that a peace agreement could be reached.

Olmert and Abbas echoed Bush’s optimism in statements: "We have a great deal of hope," said Abbas, for "a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian people, an agreement to secure security and stability.” Olmert thanked Bush for inducing the two parties to “work out something that will be very good to create a great hope for our peoples.”

Thousands of Right-wing supporters participate in a anti-Annapolis demonstration in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. The U.S.-hosted Mideast summit, set to open in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday, was getting under way Monday in Washington, with President George W. Bush inviting the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to separate meetings...
Thousands of Right-wing supporters participate in a anti-Annapolis demonstration in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. The U.S.-hosted Mideast summit, set to open in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday, was...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by Israel's Government Press Office, President Bush, right, meets with Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. Bush will lend his clout Monday to help broker an elusive agreement between Israel and the Palestinians...
In this photo released by Israel's Government Press Office, President Bush, right, meets with Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26,...   (Associated Press)
President Bush, right, meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at the White House in Washington. The president will lend his clout Monday to help broker an elusive agreement between Israel and the Palestinians on the...
President Bush, right, meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at the White House in Washington. The president...   (Associated Press)
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