Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Wednesday in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss the crisis on the Gaza-Egypt border, an Abbas aide said Saturday, according to AP. Egypt has proposed that both Abbas and leaders of his political rival, Hamas, come to Cairo to try to solve the standoff at the border between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Egyptian police. However, Abbas has said he will not negotiate with Hamas unless the Islamic militant group reverses its violent takeover of Gaza in June.
