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Jordan Hosts Summit to Cool Israeli-Palestinian Tensions before Ramadan
(Wall Street Journal) Dov Lieber - Jordan on Sunday hosted a meeting of top security officials from the U.S., Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority in Aqaba, in a bid to cool down the escalating conflict in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The Israeli delegation included Tzachi Hanegbi, head of Israel's National Security Council, as well as the chief of Israel's domestic security service and the Israeli military's liaison to the Palestinians. Four close advisers to PA President Mahmoud Abbas also attended.