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Jerusalem, 3 September 2000
PM Barak: Palestinians showing no signs of flexibility or openness
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
At the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Sunday), 3.9.2000:
Prime Minister Ehud Barak briefed the Cabinet on his expected
trip to the UN Millenium Summit during which he is due to meet
more than 30 world leaders.
Prime Minister Barak said that during the week he will attempt to
see whether the Palestinians are receptive to the ideas which US
President Clinton raised at the Camp David summit and/or similar
ideas which have been raised recently.
Prime Minister Barak stressed that up until now he has not seen
any signs of flexibility or openness on the Palestinians' part
which could indicate the possibility of resuming the
negotiations. The Prime Minister said that matters await a
decision by Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and
added that it would not be correct on our part to do anything at
this stage but wait. Prime Minister Barak added that neither a
three-way meeting nor a meeting with Chairman Arafat have as yet
been set.
Prime Minister Barak responded positively to the European foreign
ministers' decision last night and said that it is the fruit of
the recent intensive diplomatic effort on our part, the goal of
which was to make our position clear and form a front which will
not support the Palestinians in the event that they unilaterally
declare a state. The Prime Minister added that world reactions
are an additional expression of the turnaround in Israel's
international position.
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