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...part in the talks. Peres, moreover, did not insist that the P.L.O. be forbidden to pick those Palestinians, thus giving P.L.O. Leader Yasser Arafat the opportunity to play a behind-the-scenes role. Peres, however, rejected the first stage of Mubarak's plan--talks between the U.S. and a Jordanian-Palestinian delegation--on the grounds that Israel should not be excluded from any part of the negotiations...
Mubarak's initiative grew out of an accord signed by Arafat and Jordan's King Hussein in Amman last month. That agreement, which el Baz helped draft, is an ambiguous document that calls for a joint Jordanian-P.L.O. delegation to negotiate for Palestinian rights within "the proposed confederated Arab states of Jordan and Palestine." Though the accord does not specifically demand the creation of a separate Palestinian state, it offers little incentive to Israel to enter negotiations. Hussein and Arafat call upon Israel to withdraw from all occupied Arab territory--the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem and the Golan...
Barely had the Amman accord been made public when P.L.O. leaders began issuing reservations. Farouk Kaddoumi, an Arafat confidant, insisted on the creation of a separate Palestinian state. Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, Arafat's spokesman, demanded that a unified Arab delegation, rather than simply a joint Jordanian-Palestinian team, negotiate with Israel. In a radio interview, Arafat said he appreciated Mubarak's efforts, but insisted on an international peace conference rather than bilateral talks with Israel...
...President Hosni Mubarak, last week's visit by King Hussein of Jordan was another step toward ending Egypt's isolation within the Arab world, which began when President Anwar Sadat accepted the Camp David accords and subsequently signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979. For the Jordanian monarch, the three-day visit was aimed at forging a moderate Arab consensus in the Middle East. His plan: to convene a peace conference of all those with a stake in the region, including the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Soviet Union...
...persuading a majority of the Palestine National Council (P.N.C.), a parliament-in-exile for the Palestinian movement, to hold its annual meeting in the Jordanian capital of Amman last week, Yasser Arafat once again demonstrated his talents as a survivor...