On Wednesday, Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni met in Amman, Jordan with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and urged him to return to the negotiating table with the Israeli government. Knesset members Tzachi Hanegbi, Ronnie Bar-On and Haim Ramon also attended the meeting. Livni told Abbas, not to "let extremist Islamic forces sweep over you as well. The Middle East is changing and the (peace talks) stalemate serves the extremists, who are taking advantage of the (Israeli-Palestinian) conflict across the Arab world," adding that unilateral steps would not end the regional conflict or lead to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Livni updated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and President Shimon Peres on the meeting.