The two leaders last met on June 25 during a four-way summit in Egypt, at which Israel announced it was unblocking part of Palestinian custom duties that it has withheld for more than a year after Islamist Hamas came to power in the Palestinian territories.

Olmert also promised to free 250 Palestinian prisoners of Abbas's Fatah party in a move aimed to bolster the moderate leader in the face of Hamas, after the Islamists seized control of the Gaza Strip on June 15.

The radio report said that at the meeting on Monday in the West Bank town of Jericho, Olmert could announce further measures beneficial to Abbas.

Among them, it said, could be creating a list of Fatah members belonging to armed groups who would no longer be pursued by Israel, something Abbas has asked for.