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...deal in sight. And that may be as much a relief for the U.S. Congress as it could be for both Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak. The hints and murmurs emanating out of Camp David suggest there's unlikely to be a peace agreement before President Clinton's scheduled departure for Tokyo Wednesday, and with the two sides notoriously unable to make any progress without him in the room, the White House may now be weighing whether there's any point in leaving them to talk among themselves. "More time will not make their decisions any easier," an unnamed senior...
...simply as property, or land. They haven't grasped what Jerusalem means in the minds and hearts of Palestinians - as Arabs and Muslims it represents something extremely powerful. In the same way, the Palestinians have failed to understand the emotional significance of the city for Jews, and why Barak can't move an inch on Jerusalem. And this is the basic problem. There's very little mutual understanding among the parties at the talks - they talk past one another...
...Palestinians simply don't understand the Israelis. They see them either as all-powerful and able to do anything, or otherwise as easily defeated. There's no objective, realistic approach to Israel. For example, when Barak has problems with parties leaving his coalition, they see it either as a plot or as a sign that Barak counts for nothing. They don't understand the political culture of Israel, of a democracy. Of course they're going to disagree with Israel's positions on Jerusalem, for example, but they haven't made it their business to try and understand why Barak...
...Where Is Emily Post When You Need Her? Seating arrangements replaced menus as the main journalist focus. When White House spokesman Joe Lockhart disclosed that Barak, Arafat and Clinton all sat at the same table for dinner, the world had to know who was talking to whom. Lockhart carefully recounted, "Each was separated by two or three people at least...
...Rose." Earlier in the week, an Israeli cabinet member, Michael Melchior, was giving interviews in Thurmont, and Hanan Ashrawi, a well-known Palestinian figure, was giving press conferences back in Washington. But the White House drew the line when Limor Livnat, a member of the Likud party, which opposes Barak, showed up to lobby reporters in the press center and complain about what she thought Barak was doing. She was firmly ushered out of the building. Lockhart said she and others could talk to reporters. "We just prefer they not do it here...