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Article: Senior Palestinian-Israeli Officials Meet.
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- Israel Faxx
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- May 22, 2006
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By Challiss McDonough (VOA-Sharm El-Sheikh)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has met with senior Israeli officials for the first time in months. The talks took place on the sidelines of an economic meeting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. It was the first time Abbas met new Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, and the first time he had met with any senior Israeli leaders in nearly a year.
Israel froze talks with the Palestinian government, after the Islamic terrorist group, Hamas, won an upset victory in January's election. Senior Palestinian officials characterized the meeting as exploratory, or just the beginning of a resumption of ...