Ariel Sharon will seek U.S. approval this month for his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Israel’s prime minister would like to complete the plan before “his meeting with President Bush at the end of March in Washington,” Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told reporters Monday in London. “He has said he will not do it unless it will be agreed with the Americans first.”
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