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Zoom shot of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and delegation arriving in hotel lobby, Rice shakes hands with Saeb Erekat, Palestinian chief negotiator2. Cameras and photographers at photo opportunity3. Rice and...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eJericho, West Bank\u003cbr/\u003e1. Zoom shot of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and delegation arriving in hotel lobby, Rice shakes hands with Saeb Erekat, Palestinian chief negotiator\u003cbr/\u003e2. Cameras and photographers at photo opportunity\u003cbr/\u003e3. Rice and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shaking hands at table\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of Rice and Abbas seated for roundtable talks\u003cbr/\u003eGaza City, Gaza Strip\u003cbr/\u003e5. Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud a-Zahar at news conference\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mahmoud a-Zahar Palestinian Foreign Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are not believing in that such meetings, according to our previous experience, that we are going to achieve any basic demands for the Palestinian issue. On the contrary we are believing that this meeting or such meeting justify more Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. We have to address here. Once we solidify our internal affairs and our issues we will be able to raise the standard of demands of the Arabic and Islamic world and others in order to support our basic demands as a Palestinian people.\" \u003cbr/\u003e7. Mahmoud a-Zahar Palestinian Foreign Minister at podium\u003cbr/\u003eJericho, West Bank\u003cbr/\u003e7. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas walking into news conference\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President \u003cbr/\u003e\"We have exerted all efforts (to form a national unity government) and worked in more than one direction and on more than one project, but unfortunately we have hit a dead end.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid shot, Abbas and Rice\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President \u003cbr/\u003e\"The Israeli prime minister, Olmert, spoke positively of the initiation of an independent and unified Palestinian state and gave positive hints as to the Arab initiative. I think that what he said on this subject is very encouraging for pushing forward the peace process. At the same time, we discussed the ceasefire in Gaza, which we also hope will include the West Bank on a mutual basis and be extended to the West Bank and Gaza.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State \u003cbr/\u003e\"Thank you also for the efforts that you've made to bring about a ceasefire, the ceasefire that is now in effect in Gaza and that we hope will be consolidated so that it can be extended because we would hope, in time, for  a comprehensive ceasefire.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide shot, news conference \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State \u003cbr/\u003e\"The United States has made clear that we expect it to be a viable and contiguous state when it is created. Secondly, that no actions that are being taken now should prejudge the outcome of a final status agreement. That means, very clearly, that if actions are being taken now, they will not be considered by the United States to have prejudged the outcome of final status. The third point is that we have made very clear that Israel has obligations under the Road Map and that the obligations on settlements are clearly articulated in the Road Map.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Abbas and Rice shaking hands and exiting\u003cbr/\u003ePalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that talks to achieve a national unity government aimed at ending an international aid boycott have reached a \"dead end.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHe made the comments in a news conference with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after the pair held talks in the West Bank town of Jericho.\u003cbr/\u003eRice was due to meet the Israeli leadership in Jerusalem later on Thursday.\u003cbr/\u003eRice's hastily planned visit to Jericho and Jerusalem is an apparent attempt by the United States to use the momentum created by a five-day-old truce to renew long-stalled peace talks.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, the truce, the latest attempt to halt six years of fighting, could quickly collapse. \u003cbr/\u003eThe trip comes as the moderate Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert seek ways to advance negotiations,  which may sideline the democratically-elected Palestinian government headed by the militant Hamas group.\u003cbr/\u003eA leading Abbas aide said on Thursday that the Palestinian president will no longer pursue unity talks with Hamas and instead convene the supreme Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) committee to decide how to proceed.\u003cbr/\u003eAbbas, leader of the rival Fatah party, planned to update Rice on his efforts to set up a government acceptable to the West and Israel. \u003cbr/\u003eHamas' refusal to recognise Israel's right to exist prompted the United States, Israel and other nations to impose economic sanctions which have caused widespread duress for Palestinians in the territories.\u003cbr/\u003ePalestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar of Hamas said he didn't think the Rice meetings would help the Palestinian cause.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Our experience with these meetings and these visits are that they justify more Israeli aggression against our people,\" Zahar said at a news conference in Gaza City before the Rice-Abbas talks began.\u003cbr/\u003ePalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held a joint news conference after meeting for talks in Jericho.\u003cbr/\u003eAbbas said he lamented the difficulties surrounding efforts to form a joint government between the Palestinians' current Hamas rulers and Abbas's own moderate Fatah Party. Such a government is seen as key to lifting an international aid boycott of the Palestinian Authority.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have discussed our efforts to form a national unity government. We have exerted efforts we have worked in many directions but unfortunately we have hit a dead end\", Abbas said.\u003cbr/\u003eUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the US hoped to accelerate efforts to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to extend the scope of a recently declared cease-fire between the two sides.\u003cbr/\u003eRice also said the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories must be eased.\u003cbr/\u003eIn a gesture of support for Palestinian aspirations, Rice said any future Palestinian state should be \"viable\" and \"contiguous\" and said no actions should be taken now to prejudge the outcome of a final peace deal. \u003cbr/\u003eThat was an apparent reference to Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank.\u003cbr/\u003eRice will apparently try to put US weight behind efforts to start negotiations and arrange for a speedy prisoner swap meant to bring about the release of an Israeli soldier who was captured in June by Hamas-linked 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