Fresh setback as Israel-Palestinian summit cancelled
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders today called off a planned summit this week, dealing a new setback to efforts to halt nearly a month of fighting between the Israeli army and militants in the Gaza Strip and restart peacemaking.
Palestinian foreign minister Ziad Abu Amr said the so-called Quartet of Mideast negotiators had invited Palestinian president Mahmoud and Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert to a meeting in Egypt on June 25. An official in Olmert’s office, David Baker, said no invitation had been received.
