American mediator Gen. Anthony Zinni, who met with Yasser Arafat yesterday, said about him, \"I have never encountered such lack of truth in my life.\" Prime Minister Ariel Sharon breakfasted today with a EU official, expressing his satisfaction with the EU\'s call for the dismantling of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The EU also called upon Israel to freeze settlement activity in Yesha. Sharon said that Israel is anxious to fulfill another EU request and ease some restrictions upon the Palestinian population, but \"the unceasing terrorism makes this difficult.\"