TEL AVIV, Israel, April 23 (UPI) -- U.S. envoy George Mitchell met in Israel with Defense Minister Ehud Barak Friday to discuss how to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Barak's office said.
Mitchell, in the region for three days, also was to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres Friday, then travel to Ramallah in the West Bank to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to try to restart indirect talks, The Jerusalem Post reported.