He cannot continue to depend on what his ears hear from Sharon's lips. ... This is a fatal mistake of the U.S. administration.

It's a good sign to hear Mr. Peres speaking. I think he is the first Israeli official to apologize for this, and I hope that many Israeli officials will condemn this crime, which will not be justified.

What we need to do is to see an immediate implementation of the Mitchell recommendations. But above anything else ... we need the Israeli government to join us at the negotiating table.

We demanded from the Israelis to move their forces outside the area of friction, at the entrances of our towns, villages and refugee camps -- to no avail,

Unfortunately we should not expect much out of this summit.

Nothing justifies such crimes,