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In a public announcement on Israeli public radio, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has vetoed an initiative to have Israel's president, Moshe Katzav, address a session of the Palestine Legislative Council in Ramallah.
The initiative was proposed by Arab-Israeli politician Abdul Malik Dehamshe, and had gained tentative approval by both Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the Israeli President Katzav. However, Katzav said he would seek the approval of Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, in order to proceed. The Israeli president was expected to call for a one-year ceasefire to be undertaken by both sides.
In a harsh rebuke publicized on Tuesday on Israeli public radio, Sharon said he forbade the President to appear before the PLC, and said that the President's readiness to do so was ...