Israeli and Palestinian officials will hold talks this evening that Israel postponed after two deadly attacks earlier in the week, an Israeli political source said.
The source said Israel's team, headed by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and minister Dani Naveh, would meet a Palestinian delegation led by negotiator Mr Saeb Erekat to discuss ways to ease security and economic conditions for Palestinians.
Israel postponed the talks on Wednesday after a bus ambush near a Jewish settlement in which eight people died. Later in the day, two suicide bombers killed three people in a Tel Aviv neighborhood that is home to many foreign workers.
The meeting is to focus on easing hardships on Palestinians from Israeli army blockades, reoccupation of Palestinian-ruled cities and curfews following back-to-back suicide bombings that killed 26 people in Jerusalem last month.
Israel says its actions are necessary to keep bombers out of its cities. The Palestinians call them collective punishments that hinder efforts to reform.
Seeking to deter further suicide bombings, Israel yesterday set terms for the possible deportation of relatives of Palestinian militants who provided a "supportive environment" for suicide bombings.
The United States, Palestinians and human rights groups have criticized the plan as collective punishment that violates international laws and will not solve Israel's security problem.