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Israel Boycotts Talks
Seeking Endorsement

Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel
will not return to the
negotiations with the
Palestine Liberation Organ-
ization for the time being.
The decision emerged here
after a private and lengthy
meeting between Prime
Minister Yitzhak Ralain and
Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres.
It followed a weekend of
intensive consultations
within the government, and
between Israel and Egypt,
which acted as mediator
between Israel and the PLO
during the talks last week in
Cairo.
Mr. Peres acknowledged
that there was a "sort of
crisis" in the autonomy
talks with the PLO, but said
he believed it could be over-
come.
Mr. Peres made the com-
ment to members of the na-
tional executive of the
Canadian Jewish Congress,
the representative body of
the Canadian Jewish com-
munity.
Israel first announced on
the weekend that it would
not attend another round of
talks on Israeli withdrawal
from the Gaza Strip and
West Bank town of Jericho
unless the PLO adhered to
the draft agreement reached
last week in Cairo.
In Washington, State
Department spokesman
Mike McCurry attempted to
play down the impasse in the
Israeli-PLO negotiations.
"I would say that as these
negotiations address tough
issues, we should remember
that they are, in fact, nego-
tiating," Mr. Mccurry said
during his briefing to
reporters.
Egyptian Foreign Minister
Amre Moussa, who was
visiting Jordan, refused to
be discouraged by the
deadlock in the Israeli-PLO
negotiations.
He predicted that the talks
would resume soon at the
Egyptian Red Sea resort of
Taba.
The Israeli-PLO negotia-
tions have ground to a halt,
with Israel angrily accusing
PLO Chairman Yassir
Arafat of backing away from
agreements reached during
last week's Cairo talks.
The Palestinians,
however, contend that there
never was an agreement,
only an Israeli position
paper. This version was en-

Yitzhak Rabin:
Cabinet supports his stand.

dorsed by Mr. Moussa of
Egypt.
The Israeli Cabinet,
however, remained united
behind Mr. Rabin's position
that there can be no con-
tinuation of the talks as long
as the PLO rejects what it
accepted orally last week.
Mr. Arafat, in an angry
radio interview over the
weekend, reiterated his in-
sistence that the Palestin-
ians will not be consigned to
"a ghetto," which he said
would be the result of the
implementation of the
Israeli position.
Control over the borders at
Gaza and Jericho, along
with the size of the Jericho
enclave that would fall
under Palestinian self-rule
were among the issues that
had deadlocked the Israeli-

PLO negotiations.

King Cites
Three Leaders

Brussels (JTA) — In a New
Year's message, Belgium's
new king cites Yitzhak
Rabin, Yassir Arafat and
Nelson Mandela as exam-
ples for the rest of the world.
King Albert, who succeed-
ed the recently deceased
King Baudouin, said in a
televised message, "The
efforts of all those who have
overcome old rivalries and
differences carry hope for a
number of regions which are
unfortunately still sites of
cruel civil wars."
King Albert received both
Mr. Arafat and Mr. Rabin at

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