George Bush's road map for peace drew on ideas first proposed by Joschka Fischer, then the German foreign minister.

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He now says he will unveil his own road map for peace.

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So while then-prime minister Ehud Barak for instance claimed that his offer to cede the Temple Mount was contingent on the signing of a peace treaty, when the so-called Middle East Quartet issued its road map plan for peace, Barak's ostensibly canceled offer was the starting point of negotiations.

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The "Mitchell Report" was praised for its impartiality and became the basis of a so-called road map for later peace initiatives.

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She said political settlements will be based on the road map for Middle East peace backed by the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations.

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He said Hamas' participation violates international agreements, including the Oslo accords and the "road map" for Middle East Peace.

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In 2003, he held talks with Palestinian officials about the U.S.-led "Road Map to Peace" that called for the eventual creation of a Palestinian state.

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He will head a team of monitors co-ordinating implementation of the so-called "road-map" to peace, after an experience as assistant secretary of state for non-proliferation in the State Department.

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