Abbas meets US envoy in bid to rescue Mideast peace plan

THE Palestinian prime minister, who is making a final push to halt attacks on Israelis, met yesterday with a US envoy dispatched to the region to get a Mideast peace plan back on track.

The head of the US monitoring team, John Wolf, held talks with Mahmoud Abbas ahead of the prime minister’s meeting with Palestinian militias.

On Monday, Egyptian mediators went home without a firm agreement from Hamas and other militant groups to lay down their arms, but Palestinian officials said they are confident a deal can be reached in coming days.