Jerusalem, Nov 13: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will hold talks with his new Palestinian counterpart Ahmed Qorei "in ten days", Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said today. "This meeting between the Prime Minister (Sharon) and Abu Alaa (Qorei) will take place in ten days and will follow a series of meetings between other Israeli and Palestinian ministers," Shalom told military radio.
Israel froze official contacts with the Palestinians in mid-August after a massive suicide bomb in Jerusalem but Sharon's camp has indicated that it wants to give Qorei a chance to impose his authority after his new government was given the overwhelming endorsement of Palestinian MPs yesterday.
Bureau Report