Article: Sharpton: Arafat Meeting 'Consistent'; Cites advice from Peres in defending surprise lunch with Palestine leader

Dickter, Adam
The Jewish Week
11-02-2001
Sharpton: Arafat Meeting `Consistent'; Cites advice from Peres in defending
surprise lunch with Palestinian leader.

The Rev. Al Sharpton insists he was being "consistent" by meeting with both
Israeli officials and Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat Monday, the day after
Arab gunmen killed five Israelis in the northern town of Hadera.

"It's important that we be consistent about giving the same message
everywhere," Reverend Sharpton said in a phone interview from Jerusalem
while en route to a tour of the Knesset. "We're telling both sides about
the need to stop the violence."

That message drew criticism from the leader of the Conference of Presidents
of Major ...

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