Israeli president says he met Abbas
WHP CBS 21 Tuesday 19th June, 2012
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to the media during a news conference with U.S. President George W. Bush at Abbas's Muqata headquarters on January 10, 2008, in Ramallah, West Bank. (Christopher Furlong, Getty Images)
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