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- Palestinians to meet in Egypt on Gaza truce
NORTH REGION NEWS CAIRO, May 14 -- Palestinian militant groups will meet in Egypt next week to consider Israel's response to a Hamas ceasefire offer in the Gaza Strip, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said on Wednesday. Hamas has offered a six-month
- Peace and trade activists gather in Oslo
Also on the line-up are the Palestinian presidential adviser Nabil Shaath and former British Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett. The conference will be led by former UN peace envoy and development chief Jan Egeland, now head of the Norwegian foreign
- Gaza rocket strikes Israeli city, 14 wounded
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 AP - A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping center in this southern Israeli city Wednesday, wounding at least 14 people, as President Bush wrapped up talks in Jerusalem with Israel's prime minister.
- Hamas To Hold Talks With Egypt On Gaza Truce Proposal
GAZA CITY (AFP)--The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas is to send a delegation to Cairo for more talks with Egyptian leaders about a proposed truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman said Wednesday. 'A Hamas delegation will go to Cairo in the
- Bush returns to Mideast with tempered hopes for peace deal
President George W. Bush When President George W. Bush began his first energized pursuit of an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord just over five months ago, confidence was his constant companion. ?I?m optimistic,? he said over and over about the
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The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (the DOP), signed in Washington on 13 September 1993, provided for a transitional period not exceeding five years of Palestinian interim self-government in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Under the DOP, Israel agreed to transfer certain powers and responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority, which includes the Palestinian Legislative Council elected in January 1996, as part of the interim self-governing arrangements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A transfer of powers and responsibilities for the Gaza Strip and Jericho took place pursuant to the Israel-PLO 4 May 1994 Cairo Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area and in additional areas of the West Bank pursuant to the Israel-PLO 28 September 1995 Interim Agreement, the Israel-PLO 15 January 1997 Protocol Concerning Redeployment in Hebron, the Israel-PLO 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum, and the 4 September 1999 Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement. The DOP provides that Israel will retain responsibility during the transitional period for external security and for internal security and public order of settlements and Israeli citizens. Permanent status is to be determined through direct negotiations, which resumed in September 1999 after a three-year hiatus. An intifadah broke out in September 2000; the resulting widespread violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israel's military response, and instability in the Palestinian Authority are undermining progress toward a permanent settlement.
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AP - President Bush put an optimistic face on fading hopes for Mideast peace Wednesday, declaring that Israel's 60-year triumph over war and tragedy shows democracy can succeed everywhere. But Bush's upbeat message was marred by rocket fire from Gaza and threats of heavy retaliation by Israel.
AFP - Visiting US President George W. Bush paid a 60th anniversary tribute to Israel as a democracy challenged by "terrorists" on Wednesday just before a rocket attack wounded 14 people in a shopping mall.
A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a southern Israeli city Wednesday, wounding at least 14 people, just as Israel's leader wrapped up talks in Jerusalem with visiting President Bush.
AP - A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in a shopping center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Wednesday, wounding at least 14 people, rescue officials said.
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