SHARON SUGGESTS ARAFAT COULD GO TO THE GAZA STRIP.

Focuses on Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who said he would consider letting Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat move to the Gaza Strip to demonstrate whether he could stop Palestinian violence. Suggestion that Sharon is looking for a way out of the impasse in Ramallah; View that Sharon doubts that Arafat would meet the test; Refusal of other governments, including the U.S., to cooperate with Sharon's siege; Sharon's accusations against Arafat; Comments of Sharon.