Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is scheduled to travel to Cairo next week for a meeting with President Hosni Mubarak and possibly General Omar Suleiman, the country�s intelligence chief. Accompanying the prime minister will be Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who maintains an extremely cordial working relationship with the Egyptian leader.

The leaders will discuss ongoing efforts towards signing a deal for the release of Gilad Shalit. Egypt maintains a central role in mediated talks between Israel and Hamas. They are also expected to discuss efforts to renew a diplomatic process with the PA (Palestinian Authority).

Over the weekend, Hamas leader Khaled Meshal traveled from Syria to Cairo presumably related to ongoing talks surrounding Shalit�s release.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)