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U.S. Mediator Tries Hand at Promoting Israeli- Palestinian Peace Despite Renewed Violence

By The Associated Press

posted on 03/14/08

U.S. President George W. Bush’s Mideast peace monitor sat down with Israeli and Palestinian representatives for the first time Friday since talks formally resumed nearly four months ago, but the atmosphere was clouded by what some Palestinians viewed as an Israeli slight.

The Palestinians sent their prime minister, Salam Fayyad, while the Israelis dispatched a lower-level representative, Defense Ministry official Amos Gilad—a decision the Palestinians said showed a lack of seriousness.

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