PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will be meeting on Thursday in the White House with US President George W. Bush.

Abu Mazen will be condemning Israel�s military operations in Gaza, as well as the embargo on goods in Hamas-controlled Gaza. The leader of the Fatah faction is calling on America to pressure Israel into a deal, blaming Israel alone for the abhorrent conditions in Gaza since Israel�s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in the summer of 2005.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)