Israeli and Palestinian commentators expressed varying degrees of optimism after the summit meeting on Tuesday in Sharm el Sheik , Egypt , seeing a strong level of commitment by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority .
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