Mahmoud Abbas praised Ariel Sharon as a partner for peace. In his first foreign media interview since taking office, the Palestinian Authority president told The New York Times that the Israeli prime minister’s plan to withdraw Israeli soldiers and settlers from the Gaza Strip this summer was a “good sign to start with” that could herald a new era of peace.
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