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Changing the tone; the Mubarak factor;
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Washington Watch
• Woods
it may be just be desperation as Sept.
13 approaches."
Administration officials say the appar-
ent failure of Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat to win international support for a
unilateral declaration of statehood in
September gives them some breathing
room — but not much.
This week, U.S. special envoy Dennis
Ross was heading back to the region for
what the State Department described as
a vacation that could also include meet-
ings aimed at reviving the talks.
Assistant Secretary of State for Near
Eastern Affairs Edward Walker
wrapped up an intensive Mideast
swing this week after briefing a num-
ber of regional leaders on the status of
the talks — and urging many to
encourage Arafat to return to the table
with a more flexible approach on
issues such as Jerusalem.
he Clinton administration
is quietly changing tactics
in its effort to pick up the
pieces from last month's
failed Camp David summit.
That was apparent in President Bill
Clinton's recent interview in the
London-based Al-Hayat, a leading Arabic
newspaper. Clinton indicated that he
hopes to "inaugurate an American
embassy in the capital of a Palestinian
state" by the end of the year — if state-
hood is declared as the result of success-
ful Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
More significant was the tone of
Clinton's remarks.
In an interview with Israel televi-
sion after Camp David, the president
used harsh language in blaming Yasser
Arafat for the summit's fail-
ure. In the Al-Hayat inter-
view, Clinton used a gentler
cc
tone to appeal directly to the
Palestinian 'People.
"I know that there is a deep
sense of grievance in the Arab
world, and through nearly
eight years of working for
peace alongside Chairman • • ))
Arafat, I understand the suf-
fering and pain of the
— President Bill Clinton
Palestinians," Clinton said.
"But I also know that the only
pathway to realize Palestinian
Israeli and Palestinian leaders have
aspirations is through negotiations,
hinted
that a summit is possible in
through the process of give-and-take
early September, but offered no indi-
where each side can have its needs met
cations that the issues that derailed the
and its hopes realized."
Camp David talks — especially
Clinton's earlier interview with
Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees —
Israeli television conveyed "a tone of
are any closer to resolution.
finality," said Daniel Pipes, president
of the Middle East Forum and a peace
process critic. "Now he's trying to
The Mubarak Factor
backtrack; now that the idea of reviv-
In his Al-Hayat interview, Clinton also
ing the talks is swirling around, he is
had conciliatory words for Egyptian
trying to balance that with soothing
President Hosni Mubarak. After Camp
words to the Palestinians."
David, some administration officials
Sources say other administration offi-
complained bitterly about what they
cials are making much the same pitch in
said was Mubarak's disruptive role in
their contacts with Palestinian officials.
the final-status talks, especially on the
"There's been a major change in
explosive question of Jerusalem.
tone in the past few days," said an
But Clinton, still hopeful that
official with a pro-peace process
Mubarak may provide Arafat some
group. "It may be that they have infor-
political cover for an agreement, has
mation suggesting that there is a real
decided to play nice with Egypt, as well
possibility of some new progress — or
The only pathway to
realize Palestinian
aspirations is through
negotiations.