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VOLUME 17: 1998-1999
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57. Reaction by Prime Minister Netanyahu to the Cairo Summit, 5 July 1998.
On 5 July, President Mubarak, King Hussein and Chairman Arafat met in Cairo to discuss Israeli decisions on Jerusalem and what they called settlement expansion. They also called on the United States and the UN to oppose Israel's moves. Text of the Prime Minister's reaction to the summit follows:
Israel is working towards the achievement of a peace agreement with the Palestinians. There is no substitute for direct bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, disrupted by the Palestinian Authority 15 months ago. The agreement on the second redeployment is being held up by the Palestinian side's failure to keep its commitments. Israel expects the Palestinians to fulfill these obligations in practice: by detaining terrorists, collecting illegal arms, outlawing terrorist organizations, stopping incitement against Israel, reducing the Palestinian police to the number prescribed by the Oslo agreement, handing over murderers, and canceling the Palestinian Charter which calls for Israel's destruction. Threats and violence are not the way to make progress in the peace negotiations.
Israel calls on Jordan and Egypt to use their influence on the Palestinian Authority to live up to its commitments according to the agreements.
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