Netanyahu meets Westerwelle

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has been kept busy commuting between Ramallah, Amman and Jerusalem over the past several days. He spent Monday meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan, who has also been busy trying to find a way to persuade Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to abandon the PA bid for statehood recognition and membership at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly. Abdullah has thus far been unsuccessful in his attempts. Westerwelle met Monday evening with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, where the two discussed the upcoming opening of the United Nations General Assembly and what that session will mean for the region.