Two three-way meetings scheduled for today have been postponed or canceled. Palestinian security leaders refuse to sit with Israeli officials and American representatives until tomorrow, in protest of what they call Israel\'s refusal to fulfill the terms of the Tenet agreement.
In addition, Yasser Arafat had requested that Foreign Minister Shimon Peres meet with him and UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan in Ramallah today. However, Prime Minister Sharon turned down the request, saying this would violate the principle of not negotiating under fire. Peres was miffed at this response, and loudly criticized Sharon at today\'s Cabinet meeting. Knesset Members of both the coalition and the opposition called on Sharon and Peres not to squabble, and to preserve the national unity government. Shas leader Eli Yeshai said that it is Arafat\'s desire to dismantle the unity government. Peres himself attempted to minimize the damages afterwards, saying that he and Sharon agree on the outline of the Mitchell Report and disagree only on several measures to be taken during the period of the ceasefire.
Anan, who met with Arafat in Ramallah yesterday, met today with President Moshe Katzav, Foreign Minister Peres, and the Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Dan Meridor. He later visited Shevach School in Tel Aviv, which lost seven past and present students in the Dolphinarium slaughter two weeks ago. Last night, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Anan talked in Jerusalem for over two hours. On the agenda: the Lebanese border dispute with Hizbullah and the \"ceasefire\" with the Palestinians. Anan said that the disputed Shab\'a Farms are definitely not Lebanese.
In addition, Yasser Arafat had requested that Foreign Minister Shimon Peres meet with him and UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan in Ramallah today. However, Prime Minister Sharon turned down the request, saying this would violate the principle of not negotiating under fire. Peres was miffed at this response, and loudly criticized Sharon at today\'s Cabinet meeting. Knesset Members of both the coalition and the opposition called on Sharon and Peres not to squabble, and to preserve the national unity government. Shas leader Eli Yeshai said that it is Arafat\'s desire to dismantle the unity government. Peres himself attempted to minimize the damages afterwards, saying that he and Sharon agree on the outline of the Mitchell Report and disagree only on several measures to be taken during the period of the ceasefire.
Anan, who met with Arafat in Ramallah yesterday, met today with President Moshe Katzav, Foreign Minister Peres, and the Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Dan Meridor. He later visited Shevach School in Tel Aviv, which lost seven past and present students in the Dolphinarium slaughter two weeks ago. Last night, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Anan talked in Jerusalem for over two hours. On the agenda: the Lebanese border dispute with Hizbullah and the \"ceasefire\" with the Palestinians. Anan said that the disputed Shab\'a Farms are definitely not Lebanese.