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...growing frustration that the U.S. envoy was not taking an active enough role in talks. Palestinian negotiators have in fact for weeks been pushing President Clinton to dump Ross. "Palestinian officials . . . don't trust him," Arafat spokesman Marwan Kanafani told TIME last week. Palestinians say Ross has not pressed Netanyahu's government hard enough on the issue of new Israeli construction in the West Bank. Although the U.S. has strongly criticized Israeli building projects in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Clinton Administration has so far appeared unwilling to push for specific concessions. While Arafat called for a greater...
GAZA: Yasser Arafat is sending a strong signal that U.S. envoy Dennis Ross better come armed with concrete proposals to move peace talks forward when he arrives in the Middle East Tuesday. In a none-to-subtle push to get the Clinton Administration to aggressively work with Benjamin Netanyahu on a peace settlement, Arafat told reporters he didn't think Ross would bring any new suggestions to the table. "Naturally, the Palestinians are hoping the Americans will come with a fairly aggressive and dynamic proposal which will break the deadlock," reports TIME's Scot MacLeod. "But since this hasn...
Already the government is virtually paralyzed: the only business Netanyahu will be conducting for a while is that of defending himself. Efforts last week by U.S. envoy Dennis Ross to restore the peace process were thoroughly overshadowed by the scandal, and no one expects talks to resume while the legal and political maneuvering consumes Israel's attention. A tainted Netanyahu will be more dependent on his right wing, making agreements with the Palestinians that much harder...
...Netanyahu is a slashing, telegenic campaigner, and his opponents do not call him Mr. Sound Bite for nothing. Israel is also a country that believes in the rule of law. Of course, as the police admitted last week, it is hard to be absolute about what is political wheeling and dealing and what is breaking the law. But if enough Israelis conclude that the stench of scandal is too strong, they may be willing to help bring Netanyahu's bare-knuckle career...
...BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Police charges of trading influence is Israel's Bibigate and Labor's hope. Sweetheart deal...