 RAMALLAH, West Bank: A rare visit to the West Bank by King Abdullah of Jordan was called off at the last minute Sunday because of bad weather conditions, Palestinian officials said.The West Bank forecast for Sunday:
Scattered gunbattles with patchy morning kidnappings, and mine clearing towards afternoon with a 60% chance of isolated RPG fire. The Mutual of Gaza Pb Index is 240, don't forget to wear your flak jacket and eye protection! |
But the authorities at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman said that all other flights were taking off and landing as scheduled Sunday. There were storms and clouds Thursday and Friday and high winds Saturday, but the weather Sunday was clear, the authorities said. It was an inauspicious start to the king's efforts to breathe life into the Arab peace initiative and to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, with what would have been his first visit to the Palestinian territories in seven years.
The Jordanian monarch had planned to meet with the ineffectual Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, at his headquarters here Sunday morning. The meeting was supposed to have taken place two days ahead of talks between Abdullah and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel scheduled for Tuesday on the sidelines of a conference in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. |