The US President Bush looked Tuesday for a commitment from Arab leaders to end Palestinian uprising and move toward peace with Israel. Seeking to broker Middle East peace, Bush met first with Egyptian President Mubarak, who organized the Arab summit in this Red Sea resort. Amid tight security in Sharm el-Sheikh, Bush and Mubarak are holding talks before a wider meeting with the Arab leaders of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain and the new Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. Bush hopes that the meeting will result in a strong condemnation of Palestinian 'terrorism'. Officials close to the process said the minimum they expect from the Arab leaders in Sharm el-Sheik is an assertion of support for Abbas, not longtime Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, as the representative of the Palestinians in negotiations with Israel. Reaffirmation of a two-state solution - a Palestinian state living without bloodshed alongside Israel - also was expected. Diplomatic sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the Arab leaders probably will renew an offer made at an Arab League summit in March 2002 that offered peace and full recognition of Israel, should the Jewish state withdraw from Arab lands it seized in the 1967 Six-Day War. That is further than Israel has said it is willing to go, but it would represent another move by the Arabs toward recognizing Israel's right to exist. Also invited here were Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Jordan's King Abdullah II and Abbas. These countries have close ties with the United States. Egypt and Jordan have peace treaties with Israel. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher said Arab leaders would ask Bush for a firm commitment to the implementation of the roadmap. They want an end to Israeli incursions into Palestinian territory, assassinations and house demolitions. The outcome of Bush's meeting with the Arab leaders was widely expected in advance. Wednesday's session in Aqaba, when Bush sits down with Sharon and Abbas, was viewed as the more crucial and less predictable of the two meetings. At Aqaba, the Bush administration is looking for a commitment from both Israel and the Palestinians to end violence, the first step required of the "road map" peace plan. The United States also will promise to increase its presence in the region, with a permanent so-called cooperation group comprising U.S. specialists, who will be on hand to help both sides work with each other to find peace. **PHOTO CAPTION*** US President George W. Bush, left, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak greet one another on the steps outside a meeting where Bush and Middle Eastern leaders met Tuesday June 3, 2003in Sharm el-Sheik (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)