George J. Mitchell

...on settlement building. The interior ministry confirmed the new construction, amid reports that Mr Netanyahu had turned down a direct request from Washington's envoy, George Mitchell, to halt the programme. The Israelis claim that the...

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...as Washington has urged. Within moments of his speech, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama's special Middle East envoy George Mitchell welcomed the Israeli move. They have been urging Abbas to renew...

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...to end decades of conflict. President Obama's special Middle East envoy, George J. Mitchell, called a Washington news conference at the same hour to second the Israeli leader's appeal to the Palestinians. Netanyahu said the moratorium...

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...atmosphere. "It falls short of a full settlement freeze, but it is more than any Israeli government has done before and can help move toward agreement between the parties," Mitchell told a State Department briefing. Israeli Prime...

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...with Egypt's president, a main mediator in efforts to restart peace talks. On Monday, he is scheduled to meet George Mitchell, President Barack Obama's envoy. The Obama administration, with Mitchell as the point man, has been pressing...

In this article: European Union, Benjamin Netanyahu, West Bank, U.N. Security Council, Carl Bildt, Barack Obama, U.N., Jerusalem, George Mitchell, and Nicolas Sarkozy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the issue expressly ahead of talks with U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy George Mitchell, who does not usually deal with Iran, following more skeptical remarks by Israeli defense...

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