LONDON (AFP) - Israel’s President Shimon Peres said Tuesday he felt confident about the prospects for a Middle East peace deal next year following the election of Barack Obama as leader of the US. On the first full day of a three-day

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas met his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres on Tuesday at Peres’ official residence in Jerusalem to review developments in the peace process between the two sides. In a first for Abbas,