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Chief peace negotiators Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian advisor Ahmed Qureia. (GOP) Last update - 16:10 16/03/2008 Chief Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to meet this week By Reuters Tags: Israel, road map  Chief Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators plan to meet later this week, restarting talks that were suspended after a deadly Israel Defense Forces offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israeli and Western officials said Sunday. The negotiations, led by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and former Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qureia, have shown little sign of progress since they were launched at a peace U.S.-hosted conference in Annapolis, Maryland in November. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas temporarily suspended the negotiations earlier this month after an Israeli offensive in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed more than 120 Palestinians, many of them civilians. Israel said the incursion was meant to counter cross-border rocket fire by Gaza militants. Advertisement The U.S.-backed peace talks have also been bogged down by disputes over Israeli plans to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The construction plans have drawn fire from both the Palestinians and the United States, Israel's closest ally. Abbas, whose authority has been limited to the West Bank since Hamas Islamists seized Gaza in June, wants to reach a full-fledged agreement allowing him to declare Palestinian statehood. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said the goal of the peace talks was to reach an understanding this year on "basic principles" for a Palestinian state, with implementation only once Abbas reined in militants in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as called for under the 2003 road map peace plan. Israel has yet to meet its own commitments under the road map to halt all settlement activity and uproot Jewish outposts in the West Bank built without Israeli government authorization. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday that neither Israel nor the Palestinians had done "nearly enough" to meet peacemaking obligations. Related articles: UN Chief, U.S. urge Israel to halt plans to build in W. Bank settlements Vice Premier: W. Bank outposts harm Israel's relations with U.S. Bush to push Israel, PA for progress before his May visit Bookmark to del.icio.us   The Chancellor's visit Angela Merkel arrives in Israel to 'open new chapter' in bilateral ties. London paying Netanyahu says PR trip to U.K. wasn't funded by Israeli taxpayer.   1.   The Land of Israel is ours by Historical and Moral right. 13:33  |  Jean Van Daem 16/03/08   2.   Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to meet 15:25  |  Dr. David Feigenbaum 16/03/08   3.   Jean van Daem, thx for the "Gotspe" of the week 17:33  |  Mark B. 16/03/08   4.   #3 You forget, Mark B. 00:51  |  Johnboy 17/03/08

Today Online IAF resumes Gaza strikes, kills 3 Islamic Jihad men Responses: 153 Gideon Levy: Barak trying his best to ruin peace process Responses: 83 Netanyahu: I acted for the state, not at its expense Responses: 74 Obama asked to explain after his minister 'damns' America Responses: 95 Rosner's Domain If you marry them, you have a better chance of keeping them State Department: UN measures fuel anti-Semitism (WTR) Poll: Is the "road map" still relevant? Neocons and the cultural proclivity of Jews (WTR) General Fraser and the third whiner More Headlines 23:04 22 rightists detained after storming E. J'lem village 21:56 PA to rebuild home of W. Bank militant leader killed in IDF raid 22:13 Netanyahu: I acted for the state, not at the expense of the state 22:01 U.K. millionaire: Netanyahu's London trip was not a 'gift' 19:12 Paris fair honoring Israeli writers briefly vacated after bomb alert 23:10 Jews, Arabs, Americans join Jerusalem Palm Sunday march 23:28 Holocaust survivors march from Krakow ghetto to mark 65 years since liquidation 19:17 Merkel arrives in Israel to 'open new chapter' in bilateral ties 19:31 Fischer: Bank of Israel to avoid meddling in int'l currency market 18:52 Syrian FM: Israel gained most from Mughniyah's assassination 14:02 Report: Eichmann intervened to save 800 Jews in Berlin in WW2 18:38 Obama asked to explain after his minister 'damns' America 16:29 Cheney en route to Mideast for 9-day visit with regional leaders Previous Editions Select Day 16 mar 14 mar 13 mar 12 mar 11 mar 10 mar 09 mar 07 mar 06 mar 05 mar 04 mar 03 mar

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