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The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 30, 1998 - 5
*Palestinians
accept land
turnover
WASHINGTON (AP) - Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat accepted Israel's formula for turning over
more land on the West Bank yesterday and voiced
hope that an agreement could be concluded at a
White House summit in mid-October. "Peace is a
Palestinian need, Israeli need, Arab need, internation-
al need," Arafat said.
With momentum toward an accord growing,
President Clinton and Arafat were looking ahead to a
time when the United States may be able to "engage
formally" with the Palestinians, White House
spokesperson Mike McCurry said after the two lead-
ers held hour-long talks.
McCurry said the two leaders "talked at some
length about the arrangements that will exist when
the United States can engage formally with the
Palestinian Authority."
That, he said, may involve establishing a joint com-
mittee that "could actually, formally work on, in
effect, bilateral relations."
The statement by McCurry suggested the Clinton
administration could be preparing for Palestinian
statehood, or at least upgrading U.S. dealings with the
current Palestinian Authority that Arafat sees as a
precursor to a state.
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Arafat
assured Clinton that he would try to counter terrorism
against Israel. "He will exert every possible effort,"
Erekat said.
Israel's pullback would cover 13 percent of the
West Bank, on top of the 27 percent Israel promised
earlier to hand over to Arafat's Palestinian Authority.
It was proposed by the Clinton administration last
winter to prod Israel to give up more of the West
Bank. Arafat, who had claimed virtually all of the ter-
ritory, agreed to settle for the 13 percent.
Israel, meanwhile, proposed what its diplomats
called "refinements." These included setting aside 3
percent of the land for a nature preserve, with Israel
having a hand in maintaining security over the unde-
veloped area.
"We agreed to it to facilitate the negotiations" for
an overall West Bank settlement, Arafat told reporters
*in the White House driveway after his meeting with
Clinton.
Asked if an accord would be signed at the summit
Clinton plans to hold here in mid-October, the
Palestinian leader said, "We hope so."
Clinton proposed the summit meeting and negoti-
ating schedule during a three-way session with Arafat
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said yesterday that he has accepted a proposal under which Israel would turn
over another 13 percent of the West Bank. Arafat hopes a West Bank agreement can be concluded in October.
and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on
Monday. The schedule will send Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright to the Middle East next week.
With the territorial issue basically resolved, the
focus of U.S. mediation has shifted to whether Arafat
can satisfy Netanyahu's demands to disrupt terrorist
cells on Palestinian-held land, confiscate weapons
from militant groups and have the Palestine
Liberation Organization strike all anti-Israeli refer-
ences from its covenant.
A White House official told reporters that the
Palestinian leader had reviewed with Clinton his
speech Monday to the U.N. General Assembly in
which Arafat called for an end to terrorism. But the
official declined to say whether they had reviewed
any specific measures.
Clinton talked alone with Arafat for about 20 min-
utes, and together with senior aides, including
Albright and National Security Adviser Sandy
Berger, for 40 minutes, said the official, who spoke
on condition of anonymity.
McCurry said before the meeting that Israel's con-
cern for security was "justified" and that "the presi-
dent is determined to see an agreement arise"
Afterward, he said that Israel's need for security
was "a very real concern" and that Arafat understood
that.
On the contested West Bank, meanwhile, a car
rigged with explosives blew up yesterday in an indus-
trial area, killing an activist in the Hamas organiza-
tion and wounding two other supporters of the
Islamic militant group that claims responsibility for
bloody attacks in Israel, Palestinian police said.
Israel has been bracing for a renewal of lHamas
bombings, and yesterday scaled its borders with the
West Bank and Gaza before the onset of Yom Kippur,
the most solemn day for observant Jews. Twenty-five
years ago, Egypt seized the occasion to launch an
attack on Israel. The two countries signed a peace
treaty six years later.
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