The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who also heads Fatah, continues to hold dutiful meetings with Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, but they look like leading nowhere.

• 为此，巴勒斯坦自治政府主席兼法塔赫主席阿巴斯顺应以色列总理奥尔默特的要求，连续与之开展了几次会议，但似乎毫无成效。