Israel will resume cooperation with a U.S.-led commission investigating the outbreak of violence in the Middle East last fall, according to Ha’aretz. The decision to cooperate with the Mitchell Commission, made by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, goes against the recommendations of Israeli security officials, who said that Israel should not cooperate with the commission until Palestinian violence ceases.
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