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Israel Television: Clinton team asking Israel to consider international observers in territories

Aaron Lerner Date: 5 November, 2000

Israel Television's senior correspondent Ehud Ya'ari reported on the evening Mabat news program that for the first time members of the Clinton team are asking Israel if it would consider the presence of international observers in the territories. Ya'ari noted that this would be a major victory for Arafat as it would be a move towards the internalization of the conflict.

The Clinton team says that such an observer force could be along the lines of the TIP group in Hebron.

It should be noted that the TIP team appears to work under the working assumption that it is permissible for Palestinians to try and kill Israelis with rocks and firebombs.

Shimon Peres, the mastermind behind the latest Peres-Arafat agreement, has declined to say anything against the Palestinian insistence that the agreement permits "peaceful" struggle that will continue until the liberation that includes such "peaceful" activities as attempts to murder Jews with rocks and firebombs.

It appears that the only comment Peres has made so far relating to the value of an agreement that allows for the Palestinians to continue and try to kill Jews is his call that Israel "not let rocks get in the way of peace."

MK Sarid supports international observer presence in territories - Jerusalem to be divided

Aaron Lerner Date: 6 November, 2000

Meretz MK Yossi Sarid told Israel Radio this morning that he supports an international observer presence in the territories if it met certain conditions. He expressed a preference for an American team.

When asked if such observers should also be in Jerusalem, Sarid replied that the sovereignty over Jerusalem would be divided wit the Palestinians.

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