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| [00:07.68]Palestinian and Israeli negotiators plan to re-start [00:13.71]their peace talks on Sunday. [00:16.88]The goal is to reach a final peace agreement before September thirteenth [00:24.08]That is the day Palestinian President yasser Arafat says [00:30.01]he is set to declare a Palestinian state. [00:34.87]On Friday,developments centered on comments [00:40.12]by President Chinton to Israeli television. [00:43.96]Mister Clinton said it would be a "big mistake"for the Palestinians [00:50.49]to declare statehood without Israeli agreement. [00:55.12]He warned that the palestinians would lose Americn aid [01:01.15]However,he said he is sure the two sides can reach an agreement [01:07.92]Mister Clinton described Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak [01:13.77]as"more creative and more courageous" [01:17.90]than Mister arafat at the Camp David talks. [01:22.02]He also said he will consider moving the American Embassy [01:28.27]from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.Palestinians oppose that idea. [01:34.90]They reject Israel's claim to all of Jerusalem as its capital. [01:40.94]They want the eastern part of the city to serve as the capital [01:46.58]of a Palestinian state. [01:49.40]The future of Jerusalem was the most difficult issue [01:55.04]at the talks that ended Tuesday at Camp David. [02:00.01]The talks at the presidential home near Washington lasted fifteen days [02:07.16]No agreement was reached. [02:10.90]Still,President Clinton said both sides made real progress. [02:17.14]He noted that for the first time they discussed [02:21.87]all of their most extreme differences. [02:25.71]They reportedly reached compromises on the issues of Palestinian refugees [02:32.53]and the borders of a possible Palestinian state. [02:37.49]Is rael is said to have talked of surrendering 95% of the West Bank [02:44.65]and all of Gaza.And,Israel reportedly agreed to admit [02:51.86]about 100,000 Palestinian refugees. [02:56.72]The refugees would get money from a proposed international fund. [03:03.25]Mister Clinton says the Palestinian team at Camp David also supported [03:11.19]the idea of paying Jews who were forced to flee Arab countries. [03:18.01]Thousands of cheering Palestinians welcomed Yasser Arafat [03:23.65]on his return to Gaza Wednesday. [03:27.28]Mister Barak faced a much different reaction at home. [03:32.92]He had lost his parliamentary majority before the Camp Dacid talks [03:40.26]Just over half the Israelis questioned by the Jerusalem Post newspaper [03:47.60]think he offered too much to the Palestinians. [03:52.57]Three-fourths of those questioned said he should call new elections [03:58.81]or bring the main opposition Likud party into the government. [04:05.05]Israeli and Palestinian negotiators plan to meet Sunday at the border [04:13.00]between Israel and Gaza. [04:16.24]On Monday,the Israeli parliament is to vote on a measure to withdraw [04:23.44]support from Mister Barak's minority coalition. [04:28.17]President Arafat has urged Israelis to support their prime minister. |
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