Ex-Israeli official: Obama to hold summit with Netanyahu, Jordan’s Abdullah

US President Barack Obama plans a summit with Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu and Jordan’s King Abdullah to which Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas may be invited, according to ex-Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon. DEBKAfile reported on Dec. 28, 2012, a US-Israeli-Jordanian plan to bypass the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute by establishing a self-ruling Palestinian entity within the framework of a confederation with Jordan.