Danny Danon, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that this week's planned meeting between former prime minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in New York was puzzling.
The two are scheduled to use a joint news conference to oppose the latest United States peace plan for Israel and the PA. Using Abbas's terrorist name during an interview on public radio, Danon said, "I hope that Abu Mazen does not benefit from this picture that he can say that he is not a refuser of peace and that the former prime minister of Israel says the blame is that of Israel and the United States."