U.S. Middle East envoy Dennis Ross traveled to Egypt to brief Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on his efforts to advance the deadlocked Israeli- Palestinian negotiations. There were no indications that Ross had managed to break the impasse. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the talks with Ross are “not centering on the Israeli side of the equation, but on the need of the Palestinians to honor their commitments” regarding security issues.
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