Egypt wants to host direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Cairo with the participation of senior Egyptian and Jordanian officials, officials told Haaretz late Sunday, following the visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Israel.
The goal of the talks will be to develop a package of confidence-building measures that would lead to calm in Judea and Samaria and improve the atmosphere between the parties, Western diplomats and senior Palestinians close to the matter told the newspaper.