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Sharon & Abbas Hold Summit & Agree to Ceasefire

HeadlineFeb 08, 2005

In the first Israeli-Palestinian summit in four years, Israeli Prime Minister Gen. Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas are meeting today in Egypt to verbally agree to end four years of fighting. Since the intifada began in September 2000, about 3,600 Palestinians and 1050 Israelis have been killed in fighting. Abbas is expected to announce the end of the intifada and Sharon will vow to refrain from any military action in the occupied territories if the ceasefire is not broken. The meeting marks the first time Sharon and Abbas have met since the death of Yasser Arafat.

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