Sharon's party wants peace with Palestinians

MPs from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s new Kadima party held their first formal meeting today, sketching out broad policy goals including peaceful co-existence between Israel and a future Palestinian state, but stopping short of adopting a detailed party platform.

Ronnie Bar-On, a party leader said caucus members agreed that a future agreement with the Palestinians should be based on Palestinian statehood, conditional on an end to violence.