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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. 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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