Breaking freeze, Sharon calls Abbas and suggests a meeting

[seriousstan]

JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has telephoned Mahmoud Abbas to congratulate him on his election victory as Palestinian president.
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The conversation, which took place on Tuesday, broke a freeze of almost four years between Israeli leaders and the highest level of the Palestinian leadership.
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"Mr. Abbas and Mr. Sharon spoke about ways to revive the peace process and about a meeting between the two, which will be set up in the next few days," said Abbas's spokesman, Maher Shalabi.
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Sharon called Abbas and "congratulated him on his personal achievement and his victory in the elections and wished him success," Sharon's office said. A Sharon aide added that the prime minister offered Abbas cooperation and continuing dialogue and said a meeting will be held "in the near future."
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/12/news/mideast.html

[physioex]

1. Just another media show by Sharon.....

The man cares nothing for "peace". And when his outlandish requests are rejected, he will go back to blaming Abbas.

[still_one]

2. well would it have been better for nothing to happen

you don't make peace with you friends you make them with your enemies

[physioex]

3. I couldn't agree more....

But don't look to Sharon for that...

[TomClash]

4. Sharon will say to Abbas . . .

. . . take this deal!

You give up the right of return.
We get 5% of the West Bank and you get 1% of Israeli desert - the big settlements stay.
You get Gaza.
You get part of the Jerusalem municipal district - of course the part that is not in West Jerusalem or the Old City.
We get the suburbs ringing Arab East Jerusalem.


And all this happens - over ten years and if there is one attack we cancel it all.