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Article: ISRAEL, ARAFAT ENDORSE PULLOUT.(NEWS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- September 29, 1998
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Byline: Steven Erlanger The New York Times
After more than 18 months of squabbling and stalemate, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel have agreed on the essentials of an Israeli withdrawal from an additional 13 percent of the West Bank, senior American and Israeli officials said Monday.
Such an agreement would leave the Palestinians with political control over 40 percent of the West Bank, including 98 percent of the Palestinian population.
But a flurry of negotiations in New York over the weekend and a meeting here Monday with President Clinton failed to complete the agreement. Unresolved issues ...