The co-authors of a symbolic Israeli-Palestinian peace accord are scheduled to meet US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz in Washington on Friday, a spokesman said today.
The meeting with Mr Wolfowitz, one of the Bush administration's leading advocates of Israel, would likely raise tensions between Washington and Israel's right-wing government, already angry over a meeting planned for the same day between the co-authors and US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
The authors are Israeli left-wing opposition politician Mr Yossi Beilin and former Palestinian cabinet member Mr Yasser Abed Rabbo.