 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered wide-ranging peace concessions to Palestinians on Monday if they turned away from violence, saying they would be able to achieve an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in real peace talks with Israel. In some of his most conciliatory remarks since winning election in March, Olmert directly addressed the Palestinians, promising to reduce checkpoints, release frozen funds and free prisoners in exchange for a serious Palestinian push for peace. "I hold out my hand in peace to our Palestinian neighbors in the hope that it won't be returned empty," Olmert said. Palestinians in Gaza had not fired rockets at Israel in 24 hours, a sign that the two-day-old cease-fire is taking hold, reports CBS News correspondent Robert Berger. However, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets at Israel on Monday, despite the cease-fire, Palestinian witnesses said. Israeli rescue services said there were no reports of injuries from the rockets....
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