PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat made an impassioned plea to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to agree to peace in the Middle East Thursday in a speech to a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference in Pretoria. “I … would like to say to Mr Sharon: My commitment is for peace and stability for your children and my children in the Middle East region,” Arafat said. His declaration came amid a flurry of international moves to kickstart the peace process and as Sharon accused Arafat of having taken a strategic decision to continue attacks against Israelis. – AFP