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Palestinian President Says He May Accept Offer of 'Proximity' Talks with Israel

Sachiko Sakamaki and Dave McCombs BusinessWeek 02/09/2010
Palestinian President Says He May Accept Offer of 'Proximity' Talks with Israel

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he’s open to a U.S. proposal for indirect negotiations with Israel conducted by George Mitchell, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East.

US envoy stresses Syria role in Mideast peace

DAMASCUS — US envoy George Mitchell on Wednesday met President Bashar al-Assad and said Syria had an important role to play in the search for peace in the Middle East.

U.S. suggestion of sanctions causes stir in Israel

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. peace envoy's suggestion that Washington could penalize Israel financially to force it to make concessions to the Palestinians drew Israeli ire on Sunday.

U.S. Mideast envoy: 2 years or less for peace talks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - George Mitchell, the U.S. Middle East envoy, said on Wednesday that Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations should take no longer than two years and could be finished sooner than that.

US fails to broker deal with Israel over settlements

Rory McCarthy The Guardian 09/18/2009
US envoy George Mitchell renews Middle East talks

George Mitchell, the US envoy to the Middle East, is in Jerusalem for another attempt to persuade Israeli and Palestinian leaders to restart peace negotiations.

US fails to broker deal with Israel over settlements

The US envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, appeared today to have failed to win an agreement from Israel on a halt to settlement construction in the Palestinian territories.

US Middle East Envoy in Lebanon for Talks

US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell arrived in Lebanon late Wednesday for talks with President Michel Suleiman.

US envoy meets Israeli PM in Mideast peace drive

JERUSALEM — US envoy George Mitchell was meeting the Israeli premier on Tuesday as part of a push to get all players in the Middle East to take meaningful steps towards comprehensive regional peace.

US Special Envoy Mitchell to meet Israeli Defense Minister in Washington; Paris talks cancelled

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put off Thursday talks in Europe with U.S. President Barack Obama's peace envoy in order to prepare the issues more thoroughly, a senior Israeli official said on Wednesday.

US Middle East Envoy to meet with Palestinian President, visit Lebanon and Syria

U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, who is in the Middle East to try and kick-start the peace process, will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday morning. The meeting will take place in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority.