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...that's being optimistic. Nevertheless, Clinton ordered Albright to cut short her trip with him to Russia and the Ukraine last weekend and rush to Jerusalem. Talks between Israel and Syria on returning the Golan Heights were dead in the water. But negotiations between Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and PLO leader Yasser Arafat on ending their people?s half-century conflict were still alive...
...only barely. Albright had to light a fire under both men. Barak and Arafat are still far apart on critical aspects of a peace treaty, such as the exact boundary lines of a new Palestinian state, how many Palestinian refugees will be allowed to return (both to the new entity and to Israel), and who controls Jerusalem (both sides want it as their capital). At least for public consumption, Barak and Arafat each insist they're the one doing all the compromising and the other guy's being stubborn. U.S. diplomats, as one put it, keep hearing the same line...
...soften her up, Barak wowed Albright with an elaborate Japanese-themed dinner at the prime minister's residence and Arafat stuffed her with a lamb-and-fish lunch at his Ramallah office. But Albright still delivered a tough message. Time is running out with this administration. Both men have to accept the fact that ?neither side can get a hundred percent of what it wants,? she said. ?The tough decisions that must be made won't become any easier? the longer the two of them dither...
...kosher, but pork is a staple of democracy - and as the only democracy in the Mideast peace process, Israel is being reminded that it that can make life difficult. Prime Minister Ehud Barak suffered a setback in parliament Wednesday when a key coalition partner ditched his government and added the crucial votes that passed a bill requiring early elections. Although an early poll would almost certainly shut down the peace process for the year, the dispute was unrelated to any concessions Barak may be planning to make to the Palestinians or to Syria. The ultra-orthodox Shas party, the second...
...Although his parliamentary setback makes Barak look weak at home as peace talks with Palestinians enter a decisive phase, that impression may actually suit the Israeli leader's negotiating stance. Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon has hardened Palestinian resolve to press for the return of all Palestinian territory seized by Israel in the war of 1967 - all of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - and Yasser Arafat is clearly under mounting pressure from his own followers to make no further concessions. As both sides prepare for a new round of umpiring in the U.S., a parliamentary vote casting...