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pay homage to Rabin.
"We have now a chance, but only a
chance, to bring real and lasting peace
between Israel and her neighbors, "
Clinton said. "If we let it slip away, all
will bear the consequences."
Both Barak and Arafat joined in the
drama played out before a cast of dig-
nitaries that included Russian Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin, former
Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres,
Rabin's widow, Leah, as well as repre-
sentatives from the European Union
and senior officials from several Arab
states, including Jordan and Morocco.
"I vow to you, Yitzhak, a soldier
who fell in the battle for peace, that we
are determined to give your death
meaning by following your legacy until
we achieve peace," declared Barak.
"We will strive to ensure Israel's secu-
rity interests and vital needs; but, at the
same time, we will seek to achieve a fair
settlement which reflects the needs and
sensitivities of our neighbors."
For his part, Arafat gave a military
salute to a large portrait of Rabin that
graced the stage. But he struck a
harsher, perhaps more realistic, note
when he focused on issues that will
dominate the final-status negotiations.
He called on Israel to return to its
pre-1967 borders and declared that
peace meant resisting "violence, terror,
occupation, exile and settlements."
In Gaza, Palestinian officials later
defended Arafat's decision to make his
demands clear at the Rabin memorial
ceremony. "We are more than a year
behind an agreement which should
have already been completed,"
Palestinian official Hisham Abdel
Razek told Israel Television. "Yasser
Arafat must use every forum to present
the needs of the Palestinian people."
Meanwhile, Peres, speaking to Israel
Radio from Oslo, came out in favor of
a Palestinian state, adding that Israel
needs a Palestinian state alongside the
Jewish state. Earlier in the day in
Oslo, at a formal royal banquet hosted
by Norway's King Harald V in Rabin's
memory, Leah Rabin received a stand-
ing ovation from the 220 guests when
she urged Clinton, Barak and Arafat
to fulfill the dream of peace for which
her husband had given his life.
"It's up to you now," she said. "Is
that too much too ask?"
— JTA correspondent Naomi Segal in
Jerusalem contributed to this report.
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Homa in southeastern Jerusalem.
Three days later, a suicide bomb in
central Tel Aviv kills three Israelis
and wounds 47 others. The peace
process is put on hold.
• Sept. 7, 1997 ---- In the wake of
a triple suicide bombing three days
earlier at the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian
mall in downtown Jerusalem,
Netanyahu tells his cabinet that Israel
will not "follow the normal course of
the Interim Agreement" because of
the clear "violations on the part of
the Palestinian Authority"
• Oct. 23, 1998 -- After nine
days of negotiations, Netanyahu and
Arafat join President Clinton at the
White House to sign-the Wye
Agreement. The accord calls for an
Israeli withdrawal from an addition-
al 13 percent of the West Bank in
exchange for Palestinian steps to
improve security. After approving a
first withdrawal, Netanyahu subse-
quently suspends the agreement, cit-
ing Palestinian non-compliance._
• Dec. 14; 1998 -- President
Clinton becomes the first American
leader to visit the Palestinian self-
rule areas. During a meeting of the
Palestinian National Council and
other Palestinian leaders in the Gaza
Strip, Clinton thanks the leaders for
voting that they no longer seek •
Israel's destruction.
• Dec. 21, 1998 — The Knesset
votes 81-30 to hold new elections.
• May 17, 1999 — Israelis elect
Labor Party leader Ehud Barak by a
sweeping margin as the nation's new
prime minister.
• Sept. 4, 1999 — Barak and
Arafat sign a revised Wye accord in
Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. .
• Sept. 13, 1999 — An opening
ceremony for the final-status talks is
held — six years to the day after the
historic Rabin-Arafat handshake on
the White House lawn. Talks are
supposed to result in a framework
agreement by February and a final
agreement by September 2000.
• Oct. 25, 1999 — Five years
after it was first envisioned by Israeli
and Palestinian negotiators, Israel
opens a safe-passage route for
Palestinians traveling between the
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
• Nov. 1-2, 1999 — Clinton,
Barak and. Arafat hold summit talks
in Oslo, where world leaders meet
to mark the fourth anniversary of
Rabin's assassination. O