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NEWS ABOUT: Mideast peace talks

Mideast peace talks stories: 21 news summaries

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 Clinton's Mideast Push 
 Hits Brick Wall 

Palestinians rebuff Israeli offer to slow but not stop settlements

Oct 31, 09 11:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's day of diplomacy in the Mideast yielded little progress. She met separately with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu but did not secure a deal to restart peace talks. The main sticking point: Abbas rebuffed an offer from Netanyahu—and relayed by Clinton—to slow... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • secretary of State • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • Arab-Israeli conflict

Obama to Moderate Abbas-Netanyahu Meeting: Peres 

Israeli prez says settlement issue isn't settled, yet

Aug 31, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will play moderator to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting at the UN before the end of next month, Israeli President Shimon Peres tells Fox News. “I think they will meet by the end of September,” he says. "... More »

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United Nations • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • negotiations • Mideast peace talks • Obama administration • President Obama

US Near Deal
to Restart Mideast Talks

West will get tough
on Iran; Israel will freeze settlements

Aug 25, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In exchange for a tougher US and European line on a nuclear Iran, Israel is prepared to freeze the majority of settlement construction in Palestinian territory, paving the way for renewed Mideast peace talks, the Guardian reports. The groundwork—George Mitchell and Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to hammer out... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Mahmoud Abbas • Benjamin Netanyahu • economic sanctions • nuclear program • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • Obama administration • President Obama • settlements

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today called for the creation of a limited Palestinian state for the first time, saying it would have to be disarmed. Netanyahu spoke during a major policy speech about his Mideast peacemaking intentions, in which he called on Palestinian leaders to restart peace negotiations. "In... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Middle East • Palestine • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • Arabs • refugee • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast peace talks

Israel to Let Settlements Expand

PM rebuffs Obama, backing 'natural
growth' in West Bank

May 24, 09 7:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel will let settlements grow in the occupied West Bank despite President Obama's call to freeze expansion, Haaretz reports. "We do not intend to build any new settlements," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today, "but it wouldn't be fair to ban construction to meet the needs... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Benjamin Netanyahu • West Bank • settlement • Mideast peace talks

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Don't 'Blackmail' Israel Into Peace Talks Over Iran: Dershowitz

Deal with nukes, then engage with Palestine

May 9, 09 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Clip Iran's nuclear claws first, then press for peace between Israel and Palestine—not the other way around, Alan Dershowitz argues in the New York Post. Reacting to a recent report, Dershowitz says Rahm Emanuel has it backward in putting Israeli-Palestinian talks before negotiations that could denuclearize Iran. "The... More »

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Iran • Alan Dershowitz • Israel and Palestinians • Rahm Emanuel • Mideast peace • Mideast peace talks

Mitchell Pushes Two-State Solution in Israel

Palestinians must first accept Jewish state, Netanyahu responds

Apr 16, 09 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration’s envoy to the Middle East told the Israeli government today that Washington will “vigorously pursue” the creation of a Palestinian state, Reuters reports. George Mitchell stated America’s purpose as a means to organize statehood talks with Israel; PM Benjamin Netanyahu said it would first... More »

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Israel • Benjamin Netanyahu • George Mitchell • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • Avigdor Lieberman • peace talks • Palestinian statehood • Mideast peace talks • two-state solution

(Newser) - President Obama may renew stalled talks between Israel and Syria, both to revive hopes of Mideast peace and isolate Iran, but the approach is laden with pitfalls, Seymour M. Hersh writes in the New Yorker. Some observers doubt Israel will ever move 20,000 settlers out of the Golan... More »

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Iran • Israel • Syria • Mideast peace talks • Obama administration • President Obama • Bashar Assad

Livni Nods to Peace Amid Political Talks

PM-designate pauses coalition-building to meet with Palestinian

Sep 23, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(AP) - Israel's prime minister-designate took a break from her efforts to form a new government today to meet with the chief Palestinian peace negotiator, signaling she will keep negotiations going despite the country's political uncertainty. Tzipi Livni and the Palestinian negotiator, Ahmed Qureia, have met regularly since peace talks formally relaunched... More »

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Israel • Palestine • Tzipi Livni • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast peace talks

Olmert Move Clouds Future
of Peace Deal

Bush efforts to broker Israel-Palestine accord may be dead

Aug 1, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - State Department officials are putting on a brave face in the wake of Ehud Olmert's resignation announcement, saying that the departure of Israel's PM will not forestall a peace agreement. But as the New York Times reports, most Middle East observers believe that Olmert's move signals the end of the... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Condoleezza Rice • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • peace deal

Freed Militants Vow to Continue Fight With Israel

Fighters aim to follow steps of 'martyred'
Hezbollah leader

Jul 17, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A day after being freed in a prisoner exchange, Hezbollah fighters vowed to continue to fight Israel as they prayed at the grave of a fallen commander, the AP reports. “At this moment, I am yearning more than before to confront them,” Samir Qantar, who had been jailed... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Hezbollah • corpse • Beirut • Mideast peace talks • prisoner exchange • Samir Qantar

 Israel, Hamas Agree to
 Begin Ceasefire Thursday 

But Jerusalem waiting to see if it's 'serious'

Jun 17, 08 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has reached a tentative truce with Hamas, brokered by Egypt, the BBC and AP report. Starting Thursday, the two sides will begin a “mutual and simultaneous calm,” in which militants will theoretically stop their daily cross-border rocket bombardments, and Israel will in turn cease its military raids.... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Gilad Shalit • Israel and Palestinians • truce • ceasefire • Mideast peace talks

Abbas Calls for Renewed Talks With Hamas

About-face signals frustration with Bush-led peace talks

Jun 5, 08 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered an unexpected olive branch to Hamas yesterday, reports the New York Times. Abbas, in control of only the West Bank since the Islamic militant group seized Gaza last year, said it was time for national unity talks aimed at forming a new government. The move... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • Palestinians • peace talks • Mideast peace talks

Bush Arrives in Israel
to Press for Peace

Skepticism surrounds his efforts as weakened Olmert faces possible ouster

May 14, 08 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush arrived in Israel today to celebrate the Jewish state’s 60th birthday and try again to spur peace talks with Palestine. Ehud Olmert says he and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have reached an understanding on several key points, but Olmert is embroiled in a corruption scandal, and could... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • George W. Bush

Rice Refutes Carter, Says
US Advised Against Trip

She clarifies opposition to Hamas meeting

Apr 22, 08 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice says the US explicitly advised Jimmy Carter not to meet with Hamas, refuting claims by the former president that no one in the government told him to scrap the trip, the Washington Post reports. "I just don't want there to be any confusion," Rice said. "... More »

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Israel • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast • Mideast peace talks

Israel Pledges to Pull 50
West Bank Roadblocks

Rice hails deal, but Palestine officials are skeptical

Mar 30, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pressured by Condoleezza Rice to kickstart flagging peace talks, Israel pledged to remove about 50 roadblocks from the West Bank—the first in a series of “concrete steps” to finalize a deal, Al Jazeera reports. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad hailed the news despite skepticism from other officials. “... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Condoleezza Rice • Ehud Barak • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Palestinians • roadblocks • Mideast peace talks

 Rice Returns to Middle East 

Secretary of State wants to see 'real progress on the ground'

Mar 29, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice returned to Jerusalem today to push for progress on Israeli/Palestinian peace talks, al Jazeera reports. Rice says she plans to focus on improving movement through the West Bank. “I would like to see real, concrete progress on the ground,” she said. Palestinians say Israeli checkpoints are... More »

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Israel • Palestine • Condoleezza Rice • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace talks

Cheney, Peres Warn
of Iran's Reach

Veep on 10-day swing through the Middle East

Mar 23, 08 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following an early Easter prayer service in Jerusalem, Dick Cheney continued his 10-day trip focused on the Mideast peace process by meeting with Israel President Shimon Peres this morning. Both men warned of Iran’s rising influence in the region, reports the AP. "We have this problem of the... More »

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Iran • Israel • Dick Cheney • Palestine • Easter • Israel and Palestinians • peace • Mideast peace talks

Israel Approves New
West Bank Homes

Construction will 'undermine peace talks,' Palestinians warn

Mar 10, 08 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has approved plans to begin or complete 750 new homes in the occupied West Bank, posing yet another hurdle to the success of US-brokered Mideast peace talks, Reuters reports. Palestinian leaders immediately condemned the new construction in the Jewish settlement of Givat Ze'ev near Jerusalem. "This will undermine... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Hamas • West Bank • bombing • Palestinians • Olmert • Mideast peace talks

Bush Begins Mideast Peace Bid

First international peace gathering since 1991

Nov 27, 07 3:10 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush plunged headlong into the Middle East peace process yesterday, meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as representatives of 49 countries gathered at Annapolis for talks, the New York Times reports. “The United States cannot impose our vision but we can help... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Annapolis • US Naval Academy • Madrid Conference • Arab Israeli conflict • James A. Baker III • Mideast • Mideast peace talks • George W. Bush

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