Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reversed course and agreed to meet with Britain’s foreign secretary on Wednesday. Sharon had initially refused the meeting after a statement released in Jack Straw’s name by the British Embassy in Tehran said, “I understand that one of the factors which helps breed terrorism is the anger which many people in this region feel at events over the years in Palestine.” A source in Sharon’s office called Straw’s remarks “one-sided and sympathetic to Palestinian terrorism.”
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