Mahmoud Abbas canceled a meeting with Ariel Sharon. Some Palestinian officials said the cancellation was due to opposition in the Fatah movement to the Palestinian prime minister’s negotiating strategy with Israel, but others blamed Israel’s refusal to release prisoners from Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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