Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas agreed to hold a summit later this month. The Israeli prime minister and Palestinian Authority president, who had postponed a meeting scheduled for Sunday because of instability in the Gaza Strip, spoke by phone and exchanged Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan greetings.
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