Sharon and Abbas meet to agree ceasefire deal
With a verbal ceasefire deal in hand, Israeli and Palestinian leaders met at a Mideast summit today for face-to-face talks and goodwill gestures aimed at ending four years of violence and entering a new era of peace talks.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas went into a brief meeting at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik about two hours after the summit began.