JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Jerusalem on Wednesday in a push to revive peace talks between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Following are a list of the various strands of Western-backed diplomacy planned for the coming weeks.

JULY 30:

Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo welcome U.S. President George W. Bush's July 16 call for a Middle East peace conference but urge Washington to foster talks between Israel and Syria as well as with the Palestinians. The ministers of Egypt and Jordan reported on their July 25 visit to Israel, in which they promoted an Arab land-for-peace proposal.

AUGUST:

Rice is in Israel and the Palestnian territories Aug. 1-2 to push the two parties to launch talks on the borders of a Palestinian state after meetings with Arab leaders during which she mustered support for Bush's conference plan.

EARLY SEPTEMBER: Tony Blair -- envoy for the Quartet of peace brokers, the United States, United Nations, Russia and the European Union -- plans to spend the first two weeks of September in the region to draft initial recommendations. During his first visit as envoy on July 23-25, Blair said he sensed a "moment of opportunity".

LATE SEPTEMBER:

After a meeting with Blair in Lisbon on July 19, the Quartet principals -- Rice along with U.N. Secretary-General Ban ki-moon, EU diplomacy chief Javier Solana and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov -- agreed to convene again in late September to hear their new envoy's report on the status of peace efforts.

AFTER SEPTEMBER:

Bush said on July 16 he would convene a peace conference by the end of the year as part of what the White House said was a big new initiative to revive Israeli-Palestinian talks.

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