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Rice arrives in Jerusalem amid fresh hopes for peace
Jerusalem, June 28: United States National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice arrived here today amid fresh hopes for progress on a peace plan as radical Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad decided to announce a halt to attacks on Israel.
Jerusalem, June 28: United States National Security
Advisor Condoleezza Rice arrived here today amid fresh hopes
for progress on a peace plan as radical Palestinian groups
Hamas and Islamic Jihad decided to announce a halt to attacks
on Israel.
Israeli troops could start withdrawing from parts of the
Gaza Strip and the West Bank city of Bethlehem under a deal
struck between the two sides yesterday.
Rice will hold talks with Palestinian Prime Minister
Mahmoud Abbas and meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon, foreign minister Silvan Shalom and defence minister
Shaul Mofaz.
The latest developments have infused a new life into the
US- backed peace plan called 'roadmap', which was thrown off
course by an upsurge of violence soon after Israel and the
Palestinians signed up to the process on June four last.
Announcing the decision to declare a truce, a senior Islamic Jihad official Mohammed al Hindi said, 'We expect to declare the final agreement in the coming 24 hours."
Bureau Report
Announcing the decision to declare a truce, a senior Islamic Jihad official Mohammed al Hindi said, 'We expect to declare the final agreement in the coming 24 hours."
Bureau Report