Vice-Premier Chaim Ramon wrote in a letter Tuesday that he is negotiating on behalf of the government with Fatah. Ramon said that the position of the government is that Jerusalem is to be divided along demographic lines and that parts of the Old City and Temple Mount will be relinquished to "special sovereignty." The Prime Minister's Office confirmed that Ramon is overseeing negotiations.   

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PA (Palestinian Authority) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who heads the Fatah faction, announced that he is suspending unity government talks with Hamas in light of the refusal by PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to recognize Israel and honor agreements signed by previous PA governments.

--Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni declared that the world has only a few months to place sanctions against Iran before the oil-rich country will be able to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. 

--The International Red Cross reported that it has visited three Hizbullah terrorists taken into custody by the IDF during the war in Lebanon, but the organization has made no mention of trying to visit two IDF soldiers kidnapped by Hizbullah. The whereabouts and condition of the IDF soldiers, assuming they are alive, are not known, but Israel has allowed the Red Cross to visit the terrorists, who "are in good health."