Yasser Arafat told reporters he was encouraged by his meeting with president Clinton, who confronted the palestinian Authority chairman with a stark assessment of his failure to crack down on terrorism. Arafat, who was slated to meet Clinton again Thursday night, also said the palestine National Covenant had already been nullified to the satisfaction of Israel and the United States.
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