Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials met Sunday night to finalize preparations for the opening of the Rafah border crossing scheduled to take place at the end of the week. Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, head of the Defense Ministry's political and security division, and Brig-Gen. Eitan Dangot met with PA official Mohammed Dahlan and US Ambassador Richard H. Jones to discuss the issue.More about:Rafah, Rafah Border Crossing, Palestinian National Authority, Richard Jones (U.S. diplomat)function initServerVars() { _headup.clientHost = 'http://newstopics.jpost.com'; _headup.termsFromServer = 'Rafah$$Rafah border crossing$$Palestinian Authority$$Richard H. Jones$$Dahlan'; _headup.annotatedTerms = ['dbpedia:Rafah$$1'] _headup.widgetMode = 'snippet'; _headup.snippetButtonStyle = 'banner'; _headup.blackListedUrl = false; } <!-- Terms Count: 5 TTL: 60 Terms From Server: Rafah border crossing, Palestinian Authority, Richard H. Jones, Dahlan, Rafah DateTime: 6/2/2011 11:28:57 AM -->