Israelis & Palestinians hold high-level mtg.

Israeli and Palestinian officials held a high-level meeting to discuss economic issues. The meeting between Silvan Shalom, Israel's deputy prime minister and minister of regional cooperation, and Bassim Khoury, the Palestinian Authority's economics minister, at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem was the first Cabinetlevel contact between the two governments since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office six months ago, according to reports. (JTA)