The Palestinian information minister attacked Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s decision to cancel Sunday’s planned meeting between Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. “This step illustrates that the Israeli government seeks to pursue its war against the Palestinian people,” Yasser Abed Rabbo said Sunday. “This is the behavior of a gang, not a responsible government of a state.”
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