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.