Special envoy Mitchell off to Middle East next week
AFP
WASHINGTON- The US envoy for the Middle East, George Mitchell, will travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories next week, a government official said Thursday.
"He will be in the region next week" for top level meetings, said a State Department official who requested anonymity.
George Mitchell
Under the plan, the Israelis and Palestinians will immediately start final status talks that were suspended during the Gaza war a year ago, Maariv reported, citing unnamed sources.
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