Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his team, guided in large part by Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon, decided to use the grenade attack as the justification for a dramatic negotiating ploy, insisting that Israel would suspend discussion of all issues except security, officials said.
Ultimately, this was a bridge too far, and the IMO suspended discussions in 2012.
Mr. Bush suspended discussions with North Korea almost immediately after taking office, ordering a complete review of policy toward the country.
Richard Branson, the chairman of Virgin Group, suspended discussions with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund over a planned $1 billion investment in Virgin's space ventures.
The US and Russia have suspended discussions on a ceasefire as each side accuses the other of bad faith over the collapse of the latest attempt.
Branson said he was suspending his work as a director of two Saudi tourism projects and suspending discussions with the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund about a proposed investment in the space companies Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit.
Talks were also prolonged when the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, suspended discussions in protest at a nuclear deal the US and other major powers agreed with Iran last July.
The deal had been widely expected to revive broader multilateral talks aimed at dismantling the North's nuclear weapons program, but the United States on Friday said it was suspending discussions on delivering the food aid and raised doubts about the sincerity of North Korea's commitments under the agreement.
"Verizon is suspending discussions with potential buyers related to upstate New York access lines while we continue to evaluate strategic options," said the company, whose phone lines upstate are not nearly as profitable as its lines in the New York City area, in an advisory sent to its New York employees.
Senator Jeff Bingaman, the New Mexico Democrat who is chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said on Tuesday night that the Democrats were suspending discussion of the bill because they wanted to "avoid quarrelsome, divisive votes in committee".
