Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel views the Mitchell Commission report as a basis for renewing peace negotiations — but said the first step must be a halt to Palestinian violence. “I propose to our neighbors to work together for an immediate cease-fire and hope the Palestinians will answer the call positively,” Sharon told a news conference. Palestinian official Ahmed Abdel Rahman, an aide to Arafat, later told The Associated Press that the Palestinians “reject everything Sharon said about a cease-fire.”
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