Fully-fledged negotiations opened last September and if successful, these peace talks, could formally end the 35-year division of the island.

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Peace talks were suspended in December and efforts to revive them have bogged down over the issue of Israeli settlement expansion.

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But that poses a dilemma for the world powers which are trying to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

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India put the peace talks on "pause" following last November's terror attack on Mumbai, which is blamed on militants from Pakistan.

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Palestinian officials say the partial freeze is not enough to resume peace talks that were suspended a year ago.

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Peace talks collapsed in 2000 when Israel refused to give Syria a foothold on the Sea of Galilee.

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The Palestinians say they will be there too, but they say the meeting does not signal a formal resumption of peace talks.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded that the Palestinians have refused to resume peace talks despite Israeli concessions.

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The president said both leaders will need to end delays and make sacrifices to revive the peace talks that broke off in 2008.

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Israel's ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said his government is ready to open peace talks with Syria.

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Mitchell said he hopes to end the settlement controversy soon and move on to peace talks.

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Syria says any peace talks must be based on the concept of "land for peace,"

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There could be a possible revival of peace talks, which have been suspended since December.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Israel and the Palestinians are trading blame after President Obama's call to resume peace talks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

The group met with President Umaru Yar'Adua last month at the start of peace talks.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

He reiterated that Pakistan does not plan to hold peace talks with Taliban militants.

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President Obama called for a return to peace talks on Thursday, two days after the Israeli government announced a partial settlement freeze in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

(Speech) The Prime Minister said the settlement freeze is limited and building in the West Bank will resume after 10 months, even if peace talks resume.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Palestinian leaders on Sunday stuck to their demands that Israel stop all settlement activity before any resumption of peace talks that have been stalled since December.

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He said Secretary Clinton's acceptance of Israel's offer to restrain - rather than freeze settlement growth has killed any hope of restarting peace talks anytime soon.

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Washington says that Bosworth will not engage in peace talks during this visit.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Lieberman warned that any attempt to heed Palestinian calls for war crimes trials against Israeli officials would seriously harm international efforts to revive Middle East peace talks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Indirect peace talks resumed last year under the previous Israeli government led by Ehud Olmert, but he has since been replaced by hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Middle East peace talks have been on hold since the Gaza conflict.

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Israel,on the other hand, is ready to resume peace talks without preconditions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

After meeting with President Shimon Peres, Mitchell said his goal is to set the stage for a prompt resumption and early conclusion of peace talks between Israeli and Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

But she said that if Hamas wants to play a part in peace talks, it needs to meet international terms by renouncing violence and accepting Israel's right to exist.

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U.S.Middle East envoy George Mitchell held six days of talks in the region last week trying to find a formula for resuming peace talks, but came up empty handed.

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