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(IsraelNN.com) European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana said this week that Israeli and Palestinian Authority government officials will likely meet in Egypt with representatives from the Quartet of peacekeeping nations sometime in mid-July. The Quartet includes the United States, Russia, United Nations and European Union.

The meeting, originally planned for June, was postponed after the bloody takeover of PA-controlled Gaza by the Hamas terrorist organization.

Solana also said he believes an international peacekeeping force will be needed to maintain calm in the PA territories.