Mahmoud Abbas said he expects to meet Ariel Sharon before Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip in August. The Palestinian Authority president has met the Israeli prime minister twice since succeeding the late Yasser Arafat, but the last summit, in June, was marred by mutual recrimination over renewed fighting in Gaza.
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