Israeli Cabinet minister Ehud Olmert met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The two held talks Sunday on the sidelines of the Euro-Mediterranean summit in Barcelona. Olmert, an Israeli deputy prime minister, reiterated Israel’s objections to Hamas participation in January parliamentary elections in the Palestinian Authority as long as the group refuses to give up terrorism.
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