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Palestine-Mandate is reporting that “The U.S. State Department has just announced its media accreditation procedures for the Annapolis event — which is now apparently officially being called an ‘international meeting’. No date is being mentioned”.

The U.S. State Department announcement is discussed on Palestine-Mandate here.

Palestine-Mandate also reports that “Israel’s YNET news reported today that — try to follow this closely — ‘Israel is still waiting for notification on US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s next visit to the region. Rice is delaying her arrival in order to ensure that the Israeli and the Palestinian teams have reached agreements on the statement’s principles. According to expectations, Rice may arrive in the region next weekend [n.b., that would be 23, 24, and/or 25th of November, depending on what you mean by 'weekend' -- which begins on Friday in Israel] and will bring along the invitations to the peace conference. Israeli officials have estimated that the conference will be held as planned and that the statements will be made on Tuesday, November 27.  Olmert is expected to leave for the United States in about a week [n.b., that would be about the 24th -- a Saturday, which means he'll probably fly at night, after the Jewish Sabbath]. He will meet with heads of the Jewish community in New York and will fly to Washington the next day. On Monday, November 26, US President George W. Bush is scheduled to have dinner with the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. On Tuesday morning, the three leaders, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and other officials are expected to arrive in Annapolis, Maryland, about a one-hour drive from Washington. The three leaders will deliver their speeches and present the joint statement. Olmert and Foreign Minister Livni are expected to return to Israel on Wednesday’.”

The Palestine-Mandate report on the Israeli leaks about the Annapolis “international meeting” — the term the Israelis preferred — is here.

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