Hamas leader and ousted Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya gestures during a speech in Gaza City, June 24, 2007. (Xinhua/Wissam Nassar) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, June 27 -- A four-way summit has taken place in Egypt. On Monday, gestures were made by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to push for peace in the Middle East. But his proposal was rejected by former Prime Minister Ismail Haneya who was excluded from the summit after being sacked by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

    After visiting a school in Gaza City, Haneya criticized the pledge made by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday. The pledge is for the release 250 Fatah prisoners from Israeli jails.

    Haneya said, "We warn the Palestinian and Arab leadership of danger beyond Olmert's policy, which aims to break the Palestinian people's unity by driving wedges among them. The decisions he made are just to throw dust in the eyes."

    Instead, Haneya welcomed an invitation by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to reopen talks for unity under one Palestinian flag.

    Haneya said, "We considered this invitation as showing awareness of the current complications in the Palestinian territory, which will never be solved without dialogue. We're ready to start this dialogue immediately."

    The four-way summit was held at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. It was participated by Egypt, Jordan, Israel, as well as the Palestinians.

    The meeting was meant to act as a high-profile show of support for Abbas and Fatah, which have been severely weakened when Hamas took over the Gaza Strip.

    (Source: cctv.com)