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To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (48740)	10/1/2002 10:35:09 PM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Mitzna to endorse Palestinian state at UN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gil Hoffman Oct. 1, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna is set to leave tonight for New York where he intends to call for a Palestinian state and an arrangement on Jerusalem in a speech at the UN. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan invited Mitzna to represent the Seeds of Peace organization tomorrow afternoon at a ceremony in memory of its founder John Wallach, who was a close friend of Mitzna. Mitzna's spokesman said he would likely outline his diplomatic plan at the event in the UN visitors center, outlining major concessions he is willing to make for peace. Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, Jordan's Queen Noor, King Hussein's widow, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, and former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski will also address the event. Mitzna intends to use the occasion to speak to Erekat, which would be his first meeting with a PA official since he joined the Labor Party leadership race. At a previous Seeds of Peace event, Mitzna had a long meeting with Al-Quds University president Sari Nusseibeh. Mitzna is paying for the visit with his own money, and his spokesman would not rule out his raising funds for his campaign during the trip. Mitzna has not used a New York bank account opened in his father's name that created controversy when it became known three weeks ago. While officials associated with Mitzna's opponents criticized him off the record for going to New York to call for concessions that could harm Israel, incumbent Labor Party leader Binyamin Ben-Eliezer's campaign said that "the defense minister is working hard for peace, and he is glad that others are working for peace."