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...warnings against compromise on the refugees and on Jerusalem articulated by Egypt's foreign minister Amr Mousa on behalf of the Arab League states kicked the chair out from under Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Arafat had on Tuesday accepted "with reservations" President Clinton's negotiating framework, but the Cairo decision nixed a key component of the plan. Although it was never made public, the U.S. proposal was said to involve Israel withdrawing from all of Gaza and 95 percent of the West Bank, and recognizing Palestinian sovereignty in parts of East Jerusalem, including the Islamic holy sites atop the Temple...
...Arafat, too, may have become a prisoner of his own support base. The purpose of his Washington visit was to "clarify" President Clinton's framework proposals for a final peace agreement - reportedly that Israel agree to withdraw from all of Gaza and 95 percent of the West Bank, including most of East Jerusalem and the Islamic holy sites, and the Palestinians to drop claims for the right of return to Israel of some 4 million Palestinian refugees forbidden by Israeli law from returning to homes they or their ancestors fled in 1948 during Israel's war of independence. Under mounting...
...Barak to achieve a settlement with the Palestinians before February, when he faces a tough reelection battle, together with Arafat's fear of having to deal with a right-wing government. Mixing these desires and fears together, some Americans and Europeans feel, may lead to some kind of framework agreement...
...think that the election has generated some new leadership talent and also some excitement," he said. "We will be going into the spring semester attempting to draft a framework of student government for the institute...
...both sides of the abortion debate said that this election was crucial because the next president will have the opportunity to significantly reshape the court. No one pretends that the court's stance on abortion is based solely on the rule of law; it relies on the political framework through which the justices view the Constitution...