Ehud Olmert’s top two deputies met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni held half an hour of talks Sunday with Abbas on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, the highest-level public talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in months.
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