- • President Abbas will meet the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert today in Jerusalem

- • Israeli Ministerial Committee headed by Haeem Ramon to discuss the issue of softening the criteria for releasing Palestinian prisoners

- • Egyptian Foreign Minister: We should think of sending Arab forces to the Gaza Strip

- • New Israeli plan to expand the settlement "Giv'at Hadasha" at the expense of the lands of Beit Ijza Northwest of Jerusalem

- • The activists of "Free Gaza" and "Liberty" Ships to break the siege on Gaza Strip confirm their intention to repeat the visit soon

- • Opening of the Rafah Crossing for the second day for the passage of barred citizens on both sides

- Palestinian Cabinet confirms its support to the Teachers' Union, the Health Professions Syndicates and Public Employees' Union in the Gaza Strip

- • Diplomatic Missions in Jerusalem objects to the Israeli plans in Al-Shaikh Jarrah

- • Palestinian source: Condoleezza Rice discusses the necessity of establishing a Palestinian State on the borders of 1967

- • Egypt will open the Rafah Crossing on Saturday and Sunday before the patients, the holders of foreign stays and those barred on both sides