The Sharon government continues to talk with leading Palestinian Authority figures. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met at the end of the week with Abu Ala to discuss the possibility of renewing negotiations between the sides. Even more significantly, Omri Sharon, the Prime Minister\'s son, met again last week with Yasser Arafat in Ramallah. GSS head Avi Dichter also took part. It was Sharon, Jr.\'s second meeting with Arafat in two weeks. MK Tzvi Hendel (National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu) said that the meeting was an outright violation of the Prime Minister\'s pledge to the National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu faction last week that there would be no negotiations with Palestinian leaders while their attacks on Israel continue.



Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein also criticized Omri\'s meeting with Arafat. \"Sending a family member to official meetings is not the way a properly-run country does things,\" Rubenstein said today at a ceremony in honor of retiring Supreme Court Justice Yitzchak Zamir.