President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak met for unscheduled talks Saturday to discuss whether Israeli-Palestinian negotiations can be advanced. A day earlier, before holding a meeting at the United Nations, Clinton was overheard saying, “This Middle East thing – it’s maddening.”
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