Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon lived up to his promise not to shake Yasser Arafat’s hand at the Middle East peace summit. Sharon, who has refused to change his belief that Arafat is a terrorist with blood on his hands, ignored Arafat when the Palestinian leader stood and saluted him at their first encounter at the talks. An adviser to Arafat, Dr. Ahmed Tibi, described Sharon’s snub as “superfluous and petty.”
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