Palestinians refuse to meet with US officials

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Oreikat announced on Monday he refused, like many other Palestinian officials, to meet with member of the US congressman David Price because Price refused to meet with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

Oreikat added that several Palestinian officials, including the secretary of the executive committee of the PLO Mahmoud Abbas; ( Abu Mazen), the chairman of the legislative council Ahmad Qrei' ( Abu Ala) and the official for the protective security department in Gaza Col. Muhammad Dahlan also refused to meet with David price.