Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said conditions are not ripe for the creation of a provisional Palestinian state. Sharon’s remarks at Sunday’s Cabinet meeting followed media reports that he was open to the idea, floated last week by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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