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MIDEAST PEACE
US to pursue two-state peace deal with "great energy"
After meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, George Mitchell said on Saturday that the US would put "great energy" into pursuing a two-state Mideast peace settlement. The US envoy met Israeli and Palestinian leaders earlier in the week.
MIDEAST PEACE
Mitchell asserts US commitment to a two-state solution
US envoy George Mitchell emerged from talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas reiterating that "the two-state solution is the only solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
MIDEAST PEACE
Mitchell meets Abbas as Israel pushes for recognition
US envoy George Mitchell has met with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank, a day after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that a Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state was a precondition for Mideast peace talks.
ISRAEL
Palestinians must recognize ‘Jewish state,’ says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting US envoy George Mitchell that a Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state was a precondition for Mideast peace talks.
MIDEAST
US envoy Mitchell in Israel to push for peace
The US special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, meets Israeli leaders on Thursday in a bid to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. Mitchell is due to meet Palestinian leaders the following day as part of his regional tour.
MIDEAST - USA
Mitchell on regional tour to promote two-state solution
US President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell is in Israel for talks on promoting a two-state solution. Mitchell will also meet with Palestinian leaders as part of his regional tour.
FRANCE - USA
Sarkozy meets US Middle East envoy Mitchell
French President Nicolas Sarkozy met US Middle East envoy George Mitchell on Monday, following the latter's Mideast tour designed at reviving peace talks, the French presidency said.
03/02/2009 - FACE OFF

Mideast: a Mitchell plan?

US President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy George Mitchell wraps up his first tour of the region with a visit to Paris today. Much hope had been pinned on his tour, but the truce in Gaza looks as fragile as ever.
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
US Mideast envoy demands opening of Gaza borders
US Middle East envoy George Mitchell has met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as violence in the Gaza Strip escalates once more. Mitchell, making his maiden tour of the region, has said it is vital that the Gaza ceasefire be consolidated.
GAZA STRIP
Israeli jets target southern Gaza after rocket strike
Israeli warplanes targeted the town of Rafah, along the Gaza-Egypt border, shortly after a rocket was fired into Israel from Gaza. The violence comes as visiting US envoy George Mitchell said it was critical to bolster the tenuous Gaza ceasefire.
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