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Palestinians, Egypt say Mideast focus still on talks (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks on a screen during a rally held in Beirut's suburbs, where he discussed preparation works for the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Lebanon next week, and possible Iranian aid for the country October 9, 2010. REUTERS/Issam KobeisiReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he was still focused on a return to direct peace talks with Israel but looking at alternatives.


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With statehood, Palestine ready to end all claims (AP)

October 17th, 2010

Palestinian youths release models of boats to the sea, as they take part in a rally against Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. Following a deadly Israeli naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla in May 2010, binternational/b criticism forced Israel to ease its land blockade of the territory but it has maintained the naval embargo, insisting it is vital to keep weapons out of Hamas' hands. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians are willing to end all historic claims against Israel once they get their state as part of a peace deal.


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Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal (AP)

September 25th, 2010

AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their…

Egypt to Israel: Curb construction for 3 months (AP)

September 16th, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meet in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. After two days of inconclusive Mideast peace negotiations, Clinton traveled Thursday to the Palestinian Authority's headquarters in the West Bank to confer with President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Fadi Arouri, Pool)AP - Offering a positive note after two days of inconclusive Mideast peace negotiations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he sees no alternative to continuing the talks in search…

Before Mideast talks, Clinton says ‘time is ripe’ (AP)

September 14th, 2010

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. . Netanhayu said Sunday that peace will be possible only if the Palestinian leadership agrees to recognize Israel as a Jewish state — a demand the Palestinians have long rejected. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, Pool)AP - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prepared for a second round of negotiations Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the…

Abbas asks US to step into settlement dispute (AP)

September 7th, 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he has asked the U.S. to settle a dispute with Israel over settlement expansion that is threatening to derail Mideast peace talks.


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Palestinians approve indirect talks with Israel (AP)

May 8th, 2010

U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell waves to the press before his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, not pictured, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, May 7, 2010. Israel is ready to negotiate the terms of Palestinian statehood, but first wants its security concerns addressed, Israel's president said after meeting with President Barack Obama's envoy Friday. Envoy George Mitchell has launched a shuttle mission of up to four months to try to bridge the vast differences between the two sides on what a Palestinian state should look like.(AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have given their backing for indirect peace talks with Israel.


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Abbas: No Palestinian state in temporary borders (AP)

April 24th, 2010

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , right,  shakes hands with U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell in the West Bank city of Ramallah  Friday, April 23, 2010.  (AP Photo / Mohamad Torokman, Pool)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday rejected the establishment of a Palestinian state within temporary borders, an idea he said was recently proposed for restarting peace talks.


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