  Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict and appointed negotiating teams ahead of a US-sponsored peace conference.♫ Together at last!
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert also promised Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to release prisoners as a gesture of goodwill for the Muslim holy month of Ramazan, after earlier refusing to agree to the Palestinian demand.♫ We're tying a knot,
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“The two emphasised their commitment to a two-state solution living side by side in peace and security and have therefore decided to appoint teams on both sides in order to promote this goal,” said a joint statement released by the Prime Minister Ehud OlmertÂ’s office. A senior Israeli government official told reporters that the teams would work “very intensively in the coming weeks to try to reach an understanding, preferably before the summit.” ♫ We don't need sunshine now,
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A Palestinian official told AFP that the meeting - the third in five weeks between the two leaders - was “positive and successful”.| ♫ I don't need anything but you! ♫ |
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