Saudi Arabia is the fifth of a six-nation tour of Middle East nations that Bush began last week aimed at garnering support for Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and shoring up regional security against terrorism.

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The goal: the start of the first Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in seven years.

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The move comes as the U.S. tries to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

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Under Mubarak, Egypt was a major player in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and it contributed troops to the U.S.-led coalition that drove Iraq out of Kuwait in 1991.

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George Mitchell, investigated the Israeli-Palestinian violence and offered an outline on how peace talks might eventually resume.

CNN: Peres, Arafat to meet, U.N. chief says

George Mitchell, investigated Israeli-Palestinian violence and issued a report with recommendations aimed at resuming Mideast peace talks.

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As two decades of peace talks have failed to secure a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian officials insist the time is right to ask the UN to grant full membership to an independent state of Palestine.

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