Israel rejects Abbas' summit proposal; Fatah forming new militia

In Norway today, Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen proposed an 'international peace conference' to jump start the peace piece by piece process. But Mazen's proposal was shot down by the Israeli government as soon as it was made."That's a 'no' with a capital 'N,'" Olmert spokesman Asaf Shariv said. "The summit is part of the second phase of the Road Map. President Abbas has tried repeatedly to skip the