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Source: https://www.axios.com/2022/06/08/israel-rejects-proposal-summit-palestinian-authority
U.S. Proposes Five-Way Summit with Israel, PA, U.S., Egypt and Jordan
(Axios) Barak Ravid - The Biden administration is trying to create a "political horizon" between Israeli and Palestinian officials in an attempt to strengthen the PA. During a meeting in Washington last week with Israel's national security adviser Eyal Hulata, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman raised the possibility of holding a five-way summit between Israel, the PA, the U.S., Egypt and Jordan, Israeli officials said. Hulata said the Israeli government thinks the conditions on both sides are not ripe for such an initiative and stressed Israel isn't interested in a photo-op that ends with nothing and results in an "expectation crisis." "We don't like this idea. Past experience taught us that such an expectation crisis could lead to an escalation on the ground," a senior Israeli official said.