Mubarak wants to bring Sharon, Arafat together at Sharm el-Sheikh

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has asked Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to visit Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to discuss the Middle East crisis -- on the condition that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat could also be invited.

The meeting wouldn't be to end the crisis, Mubarak said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, "but to give the impression to both parties, to the people on both sides, to the people in the Arab world that there is a window of hope that we have to work with."

Violence between Israelis and Palestinians has been particularly bloody over the past three days, with at least 22 Israelis and 16 Palestinians killed. (Full Story)