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24 outposts to be removed Israel will evacuate unauthorized outposts built in March 2001 and later, as stipulated by the road map, Prime Minister Sharon tells United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan; U.N. head is in Israel for new Holocaust museum’s inauguration By Doron Sheffer and Attila Somfalvi Annan, Sharon in good spirits Photo: GPO JERUSALEM - Israel will remove unauthorized outposts built in March 2001 and later, as stipulated by the “road map” peace plan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan during their meeting Sunday. Sharon’s decision conforms with the position advanced by senior...

Analysis / Sharon the peacemaker By Aluf Benn Ariel Sharon went back to Egypt yesterday after 23 years, and was received as a leader for peace. The public sulha with Hosni Mubarak was a lot more than just a meeting between two leaders, both former generals, who up until recently squabbled in public. The Egyptian president received Sharon as a legitimate leader, with equal rights, a member of the club of regional leaders. Sabra and Chatila was erased; everyone focused on the future. One of the veteran Israeli delegates who has seen many a summit and peace conference did...

Requiem for a referendum By Yoel Marcus Yasser Arafat died on November 11, but he was finally buried yesterday at the Sharm summit. At an elegant, focused and businesslike ceremony, the bloody Al-Aqsa intifada, which he sparked, was also interred. A closing celebration would have been preferable to an opening one yesterday. [...] There are a considerable number of people who are ready to swear that hair will grow on the palms of their hands before two states living side by side in peace will result from all this talk. No one ever died because he was a pessimist,...

Sharon And Abbas Agree To End 'All Acts Of Violence'SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Feb. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday declares to halt military action against the Palestinians after he agreed with Palestinian presidentMahmoud Abbas to a mutual ceasefire. "During talks with Abbas, we agreed to stop over four years of violence. Israel will cease its military activities against all Palestinians anywhere," Sharon said at the close of the one-day summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. "Today we are moving toward goal of peaceful, dignified, quiet lives for all nations in the Middle East,"...

Preparatory meeting ahead of Sharm el-Sheikh Summit 6 Feb 2005 (Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser) The preparatory meeting ahead of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday, February 8, 2005, at Sharm el-Sheikh, was held on Saturday evening (Febraury 5). Dov Weisglass, Amos Gilad, Shalom Turgeman and Asaf Shariv attended for the Israeli side. Saeb Erekat, Hassan Abu Libdeh and Muhammad Dahlan attended for the Palestinian side. The meeting, which was good, dealt with the preparations for Tuesday’s meeting; considerable progress was achieved. On the security prisoners issue, it was agreed...