Ariel Sharon told a U.S. envoy that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat is not a partner for peace. In addition to his meeting last Friday with William Burns, the assistant U.S. secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, Israel’s prime minister met with Egyptian official Osama Al-Baz.
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