President Clinton telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat. The phone calls were described as an attempt to urge both the Israelis and Palestinians to take the final steps on a further Israeli redeployment from the West Bank. “We’re closer than we ever were before,” one U.S. official was quoted as saying.
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