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To: SOROS who wrote (442)	9/23/1998 9:12:00 AM
From: SOROS	of 1151

Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv - 09/23/98 Netanyahu will address UN General Assembly, meet string of statesmen Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to New York last night for the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly and for meetings with key foreign ministers including U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Netanyahu spoke with Albright yesterday, telling her that progress had been made in peace talks with the Palestinians, particularly on the issue of 3 percent of the West Bank becoming a Palestinian nature reserve under an Israeli withdrawal agreement. But he warned that no further progress could be made unless the Palestinians change the parts of their covenant calling for Israel's destruction and fulfill all their commitments on security. On Sunday, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat called Netanyahu, President Ezer Weizman and Labor Party leaders Ehud Barak and Shimon Peres to wish them a happy new year. In Arafat's conversation with Netanyahu, the two discussed the state of the peace process, with both agreeing that more U.S. help was necessary to move it forward. No meeting has been scheduled for Netanyahu with Arafat this week while they are both in New York for the annual opening ceremonies of the UN General Assembly. But diplomatic sources have not ruled out a three-way Albright-Netanyahu-Arafat session - if progress is likely to be made. Meanwhile, Palestinian Local Affairs Minister Saeb Erekat was called last night to Gaza for a meeting with Arafat after resigning from his role as a negotiator opposite Israeli Cabinet Secretary Danny Naveh. Palestinian sources said Erekat's resignation came as a result of Arafat beefing up the role of Palestinian Legislative Council chair Ahmed Qeria, also known as Abu Ala, in the negotiations, giving Abu Ala the job of talking directly with Yitzhak Molcho, Netanyahu's personal attorney assigned to handle the negotiations for the prime minister. According to these sources, Erekat's resignation was not over the substance of the Palestinian negotiating position. These sources also indicate that Arafat is still the sole decision maker when it comes to the Palestinian position opposite the Israelis. Netanyahu aide David Bar-Illan said that a summit with Arafat in New York was a possibility that would signal significant progress after 18 months of stalemate in negotiations. Both Netanyahu and Arafat - who is scheduled to arrive in New York Saturday - will be attending the annual opening session of the General Assembly. Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Albright today in New York to discuss the withdrawal plan "and perhaps to arrange a summit with Arafat," Bar-Illan told the Associated Press yesterday. Albright was scheduled to meet separately with Arafat as well. "We hope there will be enough movement to make a summit productive, no one wants a summit that will be disappointing," Bar-Illan said.

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