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Israel Won't Attend London Mideast Conference
(Reuters)- Israel will not attend a Middle East conference in London early next year but backs its stated aim of fostering Palestinian reform. "We dropped our objections when we heard what the substance would be, to aid the new Palestinian leadership. Israel is not a partner to this conference. We will not participate...(but) we can help from the outside," Raanan Gissin, a spokesman for Prime Minister Sharon, said Friday. "It will be a meeting between Palestinians, a few European countries, and a few American officials," said Sharon's chief of staff Dov Weisglass Thursday. "It will entirely be focused on how the world can help Palestinians prepare themselves for the new era."