Ramallah, March 10, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Ramallah today to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Biden is expected to discuss with Abbas on a strategy for ensuring the Israeli surrender of the West Bank and East Jerusalem to the PA.
The settlement issue is certain to dominate the meeting in Ramallah, which Biden hopes will facilitate the indirect talks Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to hold after a 14-month hiatus in peace negotiations.
Criticism of Israel's green light for the construction of 1,600 new settler homes in East Jerusalem mounted today as Biden prepared to meet Abbas and Prime Minister of the Fatah-led government, Salam Fayyad.
Earlier in the morning, Biden held talks in Jerusalem with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the representative of the Middle East diplomatic "quartet."
Source: Various agencies
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