Sharon var imidlertid ikke ved magten, da Ehoud Barak, Shlomo Ben Ami og Bill Clinton forsøgte at overtale Yassir Arafat til at underskrive en fredsaftale, som ville have været historisk. ###>However Mr Sharon was not in power when Ehud Barak, Shlomo Ben Ami and Bill Clinton tried to persuade Yasser Arafat to sign a peace agreement which would have been historic.