(Jerusalem Post) Uri Dan - According to senior Jordanian diplomats, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak convened the Israeli-Palestinian summit in Sharm el-Sheik to strengthen U.S. political and economic support for his regime and help pave the way for his son, Gamal, to succeed him as president in another year or two. The involvement of the Egyptian intelligence services, headed by General Omar Suleiman, in an attempt to curb the Palestinian terrorist organizations, is causing concern to the Jordanian Royal House. Cairo intends to open a diplomatic representation in Ramallah, in addition to its Gaza offices, which Jordan sees as facilitating an Egyptian intelligence presence in the West Bank close to its border.
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