U.S. special envoy Ross, U.S. Amb. Indyk meet with senior PA, Israeli negotiators (including the PA's Abbas and Qurai`, Israel's Levy) to discuss the impasse in the FAPS talks. Later, Ross meets with PM Barak. (WT 5/7)
Following Israel's latest round of attacks on Lebanon, the Arab League convenes an emergency session in Cairo; calls for a freeze in normalization, a halt to all Arab participation in the multilateral negotiations until there is substantial progress on all tracks of the peace process. (MENA 5/6 in WNC 5/8; JT [Internet] 5/7; MENA 5/9 in WNC 5/10)
All Palestinian teachers resumes their general strike after a PA Executive Authority mtg. 5/5 fails to move them closer to their goal of higher wages, better working conditions. (MENL 5/7; LAW 5/8) (see 5/2)
Iran's Guardian Council says it has found evidence of voter fraud in the 5/5 elections, raising speculation that it may nullify victories of reform candidates. The council has already annulled 12 reformist victories fr. the 2/18 round of elections. (NYT, WP, WT 5/8)