Senior Palestinian officials say the United States’ role as primary mediator in the Middle East peace process is over and there should be an international framework when negotiations resume. Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat traveled to Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, to talk to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about the ongoing violence.
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