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Article: The personal relations of peace; For President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Barak, first step inMideast progress may be forging a friendship.(USA)(Quest For Peace)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- July 19, 1999
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Emerging from the diplomatic whirlwind of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's current trip to the United States is at least one apparent disappointment.
The Israeli leader, President Clinton has learned, does not golf.
That shortcoming aside, aides say, the two men are forging a genuine friendship that may infuse the Mideast peace process with a fresh promise not felt since 1993, when Mr. Clinton presided over a historic handshake between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and the late Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin.
Since then, US-Israeli relations have deteriorated badly - along with prospects for peace. Thus, to many analysts, creating a bond ...