Latest News on peace process

Brazil asks Israel to scrap planned expansion in occupied land
Brasilia - Brazil on Thursday weighed in on the Middle East peace process, asking Israel to scrap new home building plans in occupied East Jerusalem just prior to a visit from Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. In the statement, ...

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1STLEAD: Spain's Zapatero in Israel to 'contribute' to peace
Tel Aviv - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero met Israeli President Shimon Peres Thursday and said he was in Jerusalemto contribute to the peace process in the Middle East and reinforce the friendshipbetween the two countries. The ...

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Lieberman, Goldstone, trade verbal snipes over Gaza
Jerusalem - Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Tuesday became the latest voice in Israel to condemn the Goldstone report on the Gaza war, calling it a danger to the Middle East peace process. The ultra-conservative Lieberman made his remarks d...

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Israel warns UN discussion of Gaza report will blunt peace talks
New York - Israel's Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom warned the United Nations on Friday that the Middle East peace process would suffer if the Goldstone report on the conflict in the Gaza Strip earlier this year were to be discussed by the UN Gener...

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Netanyahu, Sarkozy meet in Paris amidst peace stalemate - Summary
Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Paris Wednesday for talks on the stalled Mideast peace process. In a terse joint statement issued after the meeting, the two leaders said they agreed to ma...

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Netanyahu in Paris for talks with Sarkozy
Paris - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Paris Wednesday for talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy on the stalled Mideast peace process. The meeting promises to be tense, as Sarkozy has repeatedly called for a total freeze on Israe...

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Abbas will not seek re-election without peace talks, official warns
Ramallah - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not seek re-election in January if there is no credible peace process with Israel, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said that if Israel did not ...

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Leaders of Jordan, Kazakhstan discuss Mideast peace, bilateral ties
Amman - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev conferred Tuesday with Jordan's King Abdullah on efforts to spur the stalled Middle East peace process and ways of boosting bilateral ties, a statement by the Jordanian royal court said. Nazarbayev arrive...

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UN warns against backwards slide in Middle East peace process
New York - The United Nations reiterated a call Tuesday for Israel to freeze all settlement activities in order to move forward the peace process with the Palestinians. Robert Serry, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, said ...

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Syrian president demands action from Obama on Mideast peace process
Paris - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has criticized US President Barack Obama in an interview Friday for what he termed his passivity in relaunching the Mideast peace process. The weak point (of the peace process) is the American sponsor, Assad...

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EU critical of Israel's decision to expand Gilo settlement
Stockholm - The decision by Israel to expand a settlement in Gilo near Jerusalem on the West Bank will damage the peace process the Swedish presidency of the European Union said Wednesday. The move was counter to repeated calls by the international ...

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France's Kouchner urges Abbas to stay in office
Amman - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Tuesday urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stay in office, saying his leadership of the Palestinian people was indispensable to the success of the peace process with Israel. France wants ...

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Abbas: no peace talks unless Israel halts settlements - Summary
Cairo - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that negotiations over the peace process with Israel will not resume unless the process of building settlements is totally halted. Abbas was speaking at a press conference, following his me...

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Sarkozy, in Riyadh, praises Saudi monarch - Summary
Riyadh - French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Tuesday with the Saudi King Abdullah to discuss economic relations between the two countries, as well as the ongoing conflicts and disputes in the Middle East. In addition to the stalled peace process bet...

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Abbas: Obama doing nothing for peace process; Brazil holds hope
Buenos Aires - Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas complained that US President Barack Obama is doing nothing for the peace process in the Middle East so far. For now he is doing nothing, but he has invited us to revive the peac...

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Expanded settlement at Gilo threatens Middle East peace process
New York - Israel's decision to expand the Jewish settlement at Gilo in East Jerusalem is an impasse to the Middle East peace process that must be overcome, a UN official told the Security Council on Tuesday. Israel decided last week to add 900 housi...

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US pledges support for 'model' peace in Northern Ireland - Summary
London/Belfast - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday linked praise for the peace process in Northern Ireland with a pledge of further investment in the province. In an historic address to the regional assembly (parliament) in Belfast,...

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Official: EU can't effect breakthrough on Israel-Palestinian issue
Tel Aviv - The European Union cannot effect a breakthrough in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, but by offering economic incentives it can make it easier for the sides to come to an understanding, European Commission Vice-President Gunter Verheu...

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Calls for Abbas to drop plans not to seek re-election - Summary
Ramallah - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced calls Friday to reverse his decision not to run in upcoming elections, amid fears the departure of the dovish leader would deal a death blow to the peace process. Abbas' Fatah party called up hundr...

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France's Kouchner calls on Israel to advance peace process
Tel Aviv - Israel needs quickly to advance the peace process, visiting French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday as he began a round of meetings with Israeli officials. The coming days area test for the Israeli government, since time i...

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Brown, Clinton meet with focus on Afghanistan, Pakistan - Summary
London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Sunday with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for wide-ranging policy talks which officials said focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan but also included the peace process in Northern Ireland. Clinton...

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US Secretary of State arrives in Britain for talks
London - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, arriving in London on Sunday, is expected to have talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Afghanistan and the Northern Ireland peace process. Clinton is first to meet with Foreign Secretary Da...

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US pledges support for 'model' peace process in Northern Ireland
London/Belfast - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday praised the peace process in Northern Ireland as a model for conflict resolution around the world and urged its politicians to make peace whole and permanent in the province. In...

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Lebanon's President Suleiman begins state visit to Spain
Madrid - Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman on Monday began a state visit to Spain, during which he was to discuss the Middle East peace process and bilateral relations with Spanish leaders. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia welcomed Suleiman and his...

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Mubarak to Peres: Israel must stop building settlements - Summary
Cairo - Israeli President Shimon Peres met Sunday in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart Hosny Mubarak who said that the peace process in the region required the Jewish State to cease settlement construction in the West Bank. We need first to stop s...

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