Palestinians seek fresh truce talks

[Gimel]

Palestinian officials were seeking fresh truce
talks with militants on Monday after
Egyptian-brokered efforts to secure a
comprehensive cease-fire failed.

Hamas, Islamic Jihad and three other Palestinian
factions on Sunday rejected an Egyptian
proposal they halt all attacks against Israelis to
give new impetus to the road map to peace.

But members of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser
Arafat's Fatah faction said they would not accept
'No' as the final answer and would try to persuade
militant factions to change their minds.

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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his aides
offered the Palestinians an unspoken truce,
saying that Israel would cease military
operations if Palestinian militants halted all
attacks.
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