President Bush will delve into a new round of Middle East peacemaking later this month when he holds separate meetings at the White House with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas next Friday and ...

WASHINGTON President Bush is making a push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. It's a goal that has frustrated American presidents for decades, yet administration officials believe ...

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Friday that both sides must do more to advance the U.S.-backed Middle East peace plan: He criticized Israel for building a security fence and allowing new settlements ...

The U.S. Administration is sending two envoys this week to Israel and the Palestinian Authority territories in order to examine ways to help strengthen Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s ...

Ramallah, West Bank, May 21 (SPA) - Palestinian officials said on Saturday President Mahmoud Abbas would meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on June 7 but Sharon's aides denied a date had been ...

WASHINGTON -- Israel will continue building a security fence that cuts into the West Bank despite criticism of the project by President Bush but will try to minimize disruptions to Palestinians, ...

AQABA, Jordan, June 4 -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas emerged from a joint meeting with President Bush today to pledge initial steps toward ...

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today telephoned Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the first contact between the men since Abbas' landslide victory in Sunday's presidential elections. Sharon ...

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This will be the highest level of talks in more than four years of Mideast violence. JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed Wednesday to meet ...

After replacing Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority President in 2004, Abbas was seen as the moderate who would close the deal with Israel. Since then, despite an endless round of diplomatic ...