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Focus of US is to end violence in Mideast
As tension ran high at flashpoints in the Palestinian territories after Israel suspended peace talks, the White House said US President Bill Clinton will continue to consult both sides urging them to end bloody clashes.
As tension ran high at flashpoints in the Palestinian territories after Israel suspended peace talks, the White House said US President Bill Clinton will continue to consult both sides urging them to end bloody clashes.
“We think it is important for both the Israelis and the Palestinians to implement the security provisions of Sharm
El-Sheikh. That is the only real way to end violence there,”
White House Press Secretary Jake Siewert told reporters.
“Both Israelis and Palestinians had assured Clinton that they were committed to the peace process, but the situation in the Middle East is very difficult. Hence, Clinton will continue to consult them,” he said.
“The President has a great deal of persuasive ability, we have great influence in the region he's continued to consult leaders in the region and we will continue to do all the work that we can to try to get the parties to agree to move forward on the agreement we reached in Egypt,” Siewert added.
He said that the language of the Arab Summit Communique in Cairo was harsh and unhelpful, but at the same time it did affirm the necessity for a peaceful solution.
Israel has said the suspension of peace talks will last? as long as violence continued, a measure prompting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to tell Barak he could go to hell.
Two more Palestinian teenagers died on Monday of injuries sustained after being hit last week by Israeli gunfire taking the death toll from three-and-a-half-weeks of violence to 135.
“Both Israelis and Palestinians had assured Clinton that they were committed to the peace process, but the situation in the Middle East is very difficult. Hence, Clinton will continue to consult them,” he said.
“The President has a great deal of persuasive ability, we have great influence in the region he's continued to consult leaders in the region and we will continue to do all the work that we can to try to get the parties to agree to move forward on the agreement we reached in Egypt,” Siewert added.
He said that the language of the Arab Summit Communique in Cairo was harsh and unhelpful, but at the same time it did affirm the necessity for a peaceful solution.
Israel has said the suspension of peace talks will last? as long as violence continued, a measure prompting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to tell Barak he could go to hell.
Two more Palestinian teenagers died on Monday of injuries sustained after being hit last week by Israeli gunfire taking the death toll from three-and-a-half-weeks of violence to 135.
Bureau Report