Israeli and Palestinian leaders will hold a summit meeting on Sunday. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, it is the most serious effort to establish a dialogue since the Islamic militant group Hamas won Palestinian elections over a year ago.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Sunday for their second summit in a month, the chief Palestinian negotiator said Friday.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders will hold a summit meeting next week. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, it is the latest effort to revive the peace process, which collapsed when the Islamic militant group Hamas won a landslide victory in Palestinian elections over a year ago.

Russia's foreign minister says Hamas has promised to stop missile attacks and other violence against Israel, but still refuses to recognize that country, The Associated Press news agency reported Wednesday.

The Quartet of Middle East peace brokers -- the United States, the United Nations, Russia, and the European Union -- met today in Washington to discuss ways to revive the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

An Israeli raid into the West Bank Palestinian town of Ramallah has cast a shadow over an Israeli-Egyptian summit aimed at reviving Mideast peace talks.