Abbas agreed to meet with Netanyahu

Palestinian official said Thursday that a meeting is expected to take place in Jerusalem between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to JPost, the official was quoted by the Palestinian Quds Net News Agency as saying that \"Abbas has officially informed the US administration of his agreement to meet with Netanyahu without preconditions.\" The US administration played a big role in exerting pressure on Abbas to agree to a meeting with Netanyahu,\" the official disclosed. \"We expect the meeting to take place in Jerusalem in the next few days.\" This meeting would be the first since the resumption of peace talks between the two parties.