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...Lebanon. Israeli gunners, firing at Hizballah guerrillas, hit civilians who had taken refuge at a U.N. camp. Israeli Foreign Minister Ehud Barak called the attack an "unfortunate mistake," while King Hussein of Jordan and other Arab leaders deplored Israel's "malicious aggression" and "criminal military operations." Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres repeated his existing offer to stop military operations against Hizballah if the guerrillas would end their own attacks. President Clinton urgently called for a cease-fire on Friday, while the UN unanimously approved a motion calling for an end to the fighting. Both appeals went unheard as Hizballah fired...
...Premier Yitzhak Rabin; in Tel Aviv. The Jewish ultra-rightist brought new depths of meaning to the word unrepentant, grinning and yawning through a trial in which he freely admitted he shot Rabin to derail peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Amir's fellow extremists are taunting Rabin's successor, Shimon Peres, by chanting Amir's name...
...Hizbollah and Israeli forces occupying Southern Lebanon. Despite two UN resolutions calling for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops, Israel has occupied the area since 1985 in an attempt to stop guerrilla raids on settlements in northern Israel. The bombing came a day after warnings from Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres that guerrillas in Lebanon will pay for increasing assaults on Israeli troops. Shortly after the attack, Israeli troops opened fire on several Lebanese villages north of Israeli-held territory. It?s not yet known if there were any civilian casualties...
...reverse the peace process. If Peres hits back too hard, he risks unraveling the peace by making an enemy of Arafat and hopelessly antagonizing the Palestinians. Between those alternatives there isn't much room. Said former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Sam Lewis: "Both the peace process and Shimon Peres are on life support...
Christopher suggested a summit meeting on terrorism to Clinton. Shimon Peres liked the idea, and so did Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Clinton 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...