Abbas and Olmert have been meeting regularly for several months, last meeting in Jericho on August 6, but few concrete results have emerged from the summits.'False promises'
Walid Batrawi, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the West Bank, said Palestinians had low expectations of Tuesday's meeting.
One Ramallah resident said: "There is nothing serious building up from these meetings. I am being cynical but not totally negative. Something might come up but there are no indicators."
Another Palestinian man told Al Jazeera: "We hold meeting, nothing materialises. We only get promises, false promises from the Israelis."
Israel prefers to discuss general principles, while the Palestinians are pressing for talks on the core issues: Palestinian refugees, Jerusalem, borders and Jewish settlements.
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