[Jerusalem Post] Tovah Lazaroff - Israel and the international community signaled new optimism on Thursday that the deadlock that has prevented a resumption of negotiations between Israel and the PA may soon be broken, after PA officials indicated that elections scheduled for Jan. 24 would not go ahead. Abbas had said he would not run in the elections, meaning he was coming to the end of his period in power. With the vote off, however, Abbas had become a viable partner again, Israeli and foreign officials said.
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