ARABS-ISRAEL - March 8 - Sharon Letter To Arafat.In his very first move since he and his 26-minister cabinet was sworn in at the Knesset Knesset (Hebrew: “Assembly”) Unicameral national legislature of Israel. The first Knesset opened in 1949. Its name and the number of its seats (120) are based on the Jewish assembly of biblical times; its traditions and organization are based on the Zionist in the evening of March 7, PM Sharon sends a letter to Arafat - responding to a letter in which Arafat congratulated Sharon and urged him to resume peace talks. In his letter, Sharon says he is ready to resume the talks as soon as the PA ends the uprising (a stand he reiterated in his swearing swearing, in law: see oath. in ceremony - see Israel - and on all earlier occasions since he was elected PM on Feb. 6. Sharon also tells Arafat he is ready for personal contacts, once the PA stops the uprising. (PA officials keep saying the intifada Intifada (ĭntēfă`dĕ) [Arab.,=uprising, shaking off], the Palestinian uprising during the late 1980s and early 90s in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, areas that had been occupied by Israel since 1967. will only stop after Israel ends the siege siege, assault against a city or fortress with the purpose of capturing it. The history of siegecraft parallels the development of fortification and, later, artillery. around and partitioning To divide a resource or application into smaller pieces. See partition, application partitioning and PDQ. of the PA territories, end the Israeli occupation, end the closures to Palestinians regain their jobs in Israel, and returns to the negotiating table. The gap between Israel and the PA now is at its widest, with several of Sharon's new ministers calling for a re-invasion of the PA territories and elimination of the violent Palestinian militants). |
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