The chief Palestinian negotiator said that despite “big” differences between Israel and the Palestinians he believes it is possible to reach a framework agreement by mid-February. Saeb Erekat, in Washington in preparation for Thursday’s meeting between President Clinton and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, also said that during Arafat’s visit Palestinian officials will push to have a U.S. law restricting contacts with the Palestine Liberation Organization scrapped.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
