He said Abbas and Arafat both support the idea.
Although Amr said the venue had not been set, momentum appeared to be building toward a Knesset visit by Abbas and Dahlan.
Knesset spokesman Giora Pordes said that Lapid asked Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin for permission for Abbas and Dahlan to visit. Rivlin approved the visit but Pordes said no date has been set and that the Palestinian leaders would be the private guests of Lapid.
And Israeli media were widely reporting Monday night that Abbas would visit the Knesset in coming days.
The truce began on June 30 with Hamas and Islamic Jihad promising to halt attacks against Israel for three months and a militia associated with Arafat's Fatah vowing to halt attacks for six months.
Israel responded by pulling out of parts of Gaza and the West Bank town of Bethlehem, and has promised further withdrawals in the future.
A senior Israeli security source said, however, that Hamas and Islamic Jihad were exploiting the ceasefire to rebuild an infrastructure largely destroyed in almost three years of fighting.
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