Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has made a statement condemning "all terrorist acts which target civilians", opening the way for a meeting with US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the meeting would now go ahead on Sunday morning.
Mr Powell is expected to use the occasion to demand specific steps from Mr Arafat to combat terrorism.
But the secretary of state has also issued his own statement expressing concern at the desperate humanitarian situation faced by Palestinians in the West Bank.
Issued in Arabic, Mr Arafat's statement made special reference to Friday's suicide attack in west Jerusalem which killed six Israelis.
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