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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/world/middleeast/19annapolis.html
U.S. Pushes on Israel in Order to Increase Turnout at Middle East Conference
[New York Times] Steven Erlanger - By pushing Israel to accept immediate negotiations with the Palestinians on the thorny "final status" issues, with the aim to conclude a peace settlement within a year, the Bush administration is trying to attract a significant Arab presence at the peace conference in Annapolis, a meeting now penciled in to start Nov. 26 and last less than 24 hours. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's main concession so far: to agree to have final-status negotiations with Abbas before the road map first stage is carried out.