Word: erez
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...timetable for promised Israeli withdrawals from more rural areas of the West Bank. Israel was scheduled to remove soldiers from Hebron in March, but delayed the pullout after a wave of suicide bombings in Israel. Neither Netanyahu nor Arafat spoke to the press following their meeting at the Erez Crossing between Israel and autonomous Gaza. Ross told reporters that he felt the conversation on Hebron was "energized" and said that each side negotiated in good faith. But, he cautioned, "I wouldn't expect one meeting to conclude this...
...rose from lunch in the White House, Netanyahu began talking quietly with Arafat. Then he put his arm around Arafat and drew him away from the others into a corner where they could speak privately. American negotiator Dennis Ross had proposed earlier that the talks on Hebron begin at Erez, a checkpoint between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. But when he and Arafat rejoined the group, Netanyahu said they had agreed the negotiations should start Sunday, after the Muslim and Jewish sabbaths on Friday and Saturday. In spite of the willingness to go ahead, no one is suggesting...
...EREZ CHECKPOINT, Gaza Strip: The Likud opened the path to negotiations with Palestinians Tuesday with the meeting between Foreign Minister David Levy and Yasser Arafat. It is the first time a high-level official from Benjamin Netanyahu's newly-elected government has met with the man long branded a terrorist by the Likud. "The importance of this meeting is that it took place," reports TIME's Eric Silver. "They broke the ice. It was successful in that they both shook hands warmly and seemed to have a good rapport." After Tuesday's meeting, Silver says, the Likud will have...
...main border crossing between their territories today. The incident followed another melee nearby on Monday night, when Israeli troops shot and killed three PLO officers. As many as four Palestinians -- including two police officers -- were wounded today after Israeli troops opened fire on a vehicle at the Erez crossing. Another PLO officer was wounded in a second clash nearby. In every incident, both sides insisted that the other had provoked the violence. The mounting violence threatens talks begun this week in Cairo over the question of extending Palestinian autonomy...