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...decided to go ahead. He and Mubarak jointly invited Peres, the P.L.O.'s Yasser Arafat, Jordan's King Hussein, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and European and regional leaders to a conference this week at Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik. Christopher also telephoned Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Shara. "I'll be pleasantly surprised if the Syrians attend," he said...
...accounting system that would satisfy would-be givers of international aid. As a result, of $550 million in assistance pledged for this year, only $50 million has been received. Arafat is also hampered by bitter divisions among his lieutenants. According to two senior Arafat aides in the territories, Farouk Kaddoumi, the foreign minister of the Palestine Liberation Organization, wrote to donor countries from the group's former headquarters in Tunis stating that since their contributions might be misused by the Palestinian authority in Gaza, they should consult him before paying out funds. According to a senior P.L.O. official, Arafat later...
...that the missing link to a true Middle East peace -- an Israeli-Syrian agreement -- may be in the offing: Secretary of State Warren Christopher announced he'd be making a trip or two to the region to help encourage a deal. How serious is the recalcitrant Syria? Foreign Minister Farouk ash-Shara' is due in Washington for talks on the topic early next month. A brokered peace could seriously boost Christopher's portfolio, made weaker by former President Jimmy Carter's roving diplomacy...
...Arafat's closest associates -- Farouk Kaddoumi and Mahmoud Abbas -- decided to stay on at P.L.O. headquarters in Tunis rather than join the new Authority in the territories. They are not convinced that Arafat will ever delegate responsibility. Another adviser says, "He wants to be the leader of a Palestinian state just like all the other Arab leaders whose authority is absolute...
...only surprise Washington but produce the biggest breakthrough in Middle East negotiations since Anwar Sadat made peace with Menachem Begin in 1979. Only about two dozen people were aware of the proceedings. Within the Israeli Cabinet, just two people knew; among the Palestinians, even the P.L.O.'s foreign minister, Farouk Kaddoumi, was kept in the dark...