Amman - King Abdullah II met Sunday with European Union ambassadors to Jordan and especially urged EU countries to help Israel and the Palestinians to restore the truce that was shattered during the last week, according to an official statement. "The monarch urged the world community, particularly the European Union countries and the Middle East Quartet, to step in to "It is important for both the Israeli and Palestinian sides to come to know that the future will be better than the current situation," the statement quoted Abdullah as telling the European envoys.
King Abdullah called it "imperative" for the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip to be followed by "similar withdrawals from the West Bank, in compliance with the provisions of the road