Israel-Palestinian summit postponed amid discord

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Source: Reuters

Israel-Palestinian summit postponed amid discord

By Adam Entous Reuters - 28 minutes ago

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A planned summit between Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas was put off on Wednesday in a sign of
differences over the scope of Israeli steps to bolster
the Fatah leader.

Olmert and Abbas had been expected to meet for the first
time on Thursday in the West Bank city of Jericho, reviving
U.S.-brokered talks that are supposed to focus on aspects
of Palestinian statehood.

But both sides have been haggling over proposed Israeli
confidence-building measures, including the release of
frozen Palestinian tax funds and an easing of travel
restrictions in the occupied West Bank.

Olmert also signalled ahead of the summit that he would
not accept Abbas's call for a truce with militants in the
Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

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1. This is worse than doing nothing.

It's like they want to dramatize Abbas' impotence.