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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...
...summit will be more symbolic than substantive, but it is not simply posturing. The demonstration that Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and other Arab powers are joining Israel and the U.S. in the commitment to peace will isolate Hamas and other extremists. "In the Middle East," Christopher said, "if things aren't moving forward, they tend to be moving backward. That's why I want to minimize the period of being off track...
...Wednesday's multinational security conference, President Clinton today pledged more than $100 million to Israel to help combat terrorism. Clinton also promised stronger security ties with Israel as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres one day after 28 world leaders gathered in Egypt for an unprecedented summit against terrorism. Clinton acknowledged that stopping suicide bombers who have terrorized Israel since Feb. 25, is a near impossible task. "You couldn't do it before the meeting and we can't do it in six months time," Clinton said. "I wish I had it in my power to reach into...
GAZA STRIP: Even as world leaders met at Sharm El-Sheikh for an international anti-terror summit, Israel continued combating terrorism on its own. Palestinian lands remain sealed off, as they have been for the past two and a half weeks. Wednesday, for the first time, a convoy of food trucks was allowed to pass into the Gaza Strip but Palestinian produce, still not allowed into Israel, rots at the roadblocks. Prime Minister Shimon Peres vowed to keep Palestinian lands sealed off until those responsible for the bombings are in jail. The block imposed February 25 has created food shortages...
...hospitals in Glasgow and Edinburgh were put on alert. The shooting occurred at the 700-student Dunblane Primary School in Dunblane, a 13th century cathedral village of 9,000 people 40 miles from Edinburgh. Queen Elizabeth sent her condolences, and British Prime Minister John Major, now at a world summit on terrorism in Cairo, called the shootings "a mad and evil act", mirroring the reactions of parents and officials in the quiet Scottish town. The gunman, Thomas Hamilton was the 43-year-old administrator of a boys athletic club and was described as a gun enthusiast and a loner...