Holocaust survivors failed to reach an agreement with the Prime Minister's Office in a meeting marred by discord Thursday night. The meeting addressed government allowances for Holocaust survivors who immigrated from the former Soviet Union, the so-called "second circle."

The parties had hoped to settle the final details of the agreement on the survivors' allowances, which is due to be signed Sunday by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the survivors.

The Holocaust refugees in question fled Nazi-occupied areas, and never lived through ghettos or camps. They suffered mainly later, under the Soviet regime, and came to Israel in recent years.