(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - After last week's meeting between President Bush and PA Chairman Abbas in Washington, "the Palestinians came out feeling no pressure to fight terror, and that they don't have to take immediate action," Prime Minister Sharon told members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee visiting Jerusalem. A Jerusalem source said Monday that Bush spoke out sharply against terror in the private conversation with Abbas and conveyed to him that after the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council, the PA would have to fulfill its commitments, including dismantling the terror organizations. Sharon promised that the disengagement plan would be carried out on schedule, but would not be carried out under fire. "I don't intend to stop the disengagement, but I will stop the fire," he said. Israel rejected the American administration's suggestion to use U.S. Security Coordinator Lt. -Gen. William Ward as a facilitator in security coordination of the disengagement.
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