Steve, Hot off of the presses!
"The Mid East March to Peace
Madeline has concluded her two day "pre-summit" talks with Bibi and Yasser
and it's a "big thumbs-up"..!!!!!!
Quoting from the Jerusalem Post article below:
"Albright said after her meeting with Netanyahu and Arafat at the Erez
crossing yesterday that the "new spirit" and "sense of urgency" she felt
has given her confidence that a deal can actually be sealed in the US."
October 15 is the date set for all the parties to meet with President
Clinton in Washington to hopefully get to an agreement so the final status
talks can commence.
And when we say "all the parties", we do mean "all"..!!!!!
For lo and behold, besides Bibi and Yasser, President Clinton has invited
none other than...[can we have a drum roll please]....you guessed it, His
Majesty, King Hussein..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who just happens to be in the US
for his chemo shots.
Is that right...??? Well, who'da thought the King [of all people] would
get an invite...!!!!!
Remember, getting to the "final status" issues is what making the "peace"
is all about. In "final status" is where they will decide on the Jerusalem
issue, and sharing the Temple Mount. And it's the sharing of the Mount
that will occur, as we are told in Rev. 11:1,2.
The Jews will be given the right to rebuild their Temple, but they will
leave out the outer court..."for it has been given to the Gentiles"
[Rev.11:2]. And it's the outer court area today where the Dome of the Rock
and Al Aqusa Mosque stands.
And it is King Hussein [the 42nd descendent of Mohammed] who holds the
"key's" to these two Muslim holy places in Jerusalem.
And it will be King Hussein who decides on "the compromise" to allow the
Jewish Temple to built adjacent to the Dome and the Mosque. And it is for
this "compromise" that he will be declared the Messiah of the Jews by the
head Rabbi of the tribe of Levy.......and thus the
Peacemaker/Antichrist...!!!!!!!!!
Is this next window "the window"...???? If they conclude this Washington
Summit with an agreement on the West Bank and start "final status"
talks....it will look very promising.
And this is the place where we say......we'll be watching...!!!
Happy Birthday Sal.....
Jesus is Lord.
Luke 12:37
JERUSALEM POST
Thursday, October 8, 1998 18 Tishri 5759
Clinton: Deal must be reached
By HILLEL KUTTLER, DANNA HARMAN, and news agencies
Key Statement
"....Clinton also said "it is imperative" for an agreement to be wrapped up
so negotiations can commence on the final-status issues that, under the
Oslo Accords, are to be completed next May...."
"...Meanwhile, Palestinian sources said the US had asked Jordan's King
Hussein to join next week's summit meeting. Hussein is in the US undergoing
medical treatment and according to the sources has not yet replied to the
request...."
WASHINGTON (October 8) - President Bill Clinton pledged yesterday to
dedicate as much of his time as needed to achieve an accord when he hosts a
summit with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat next week.
Clinton told reporters he is "encouraged" by Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright's just-concluded visit to the region, and believes that if
Netanyahu and Arafat bring the same sense of cooperation that they have
recently exhibited, a deal can be reached.
Clinton also said "it is imperative" for an agreement to be wrapped up so
negotiations can commence on the final-status issues that, under the Oslo
Accords, are to be completed next May.
White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said later that the talks would be held
at the Wye River Conference Center in eastern Maryland. However, he said it
has not yet been determined whether Clinton would travel there for the
summit or would open the discussions at a White House event and then leave
the parties to their deliberations.
Meanwhile, Palestinian sources said the US had asked Jordan's King Hussein
to join next week's summit meeting. Hussein is in the US undergoing medical
treatment and according to the sources has not yet replied to the request.
The summit opens on October 15 and could last more than one day.
The opening of the winter Knesset session, originally scheduled for October
19, will be delayed by at least one day to allow Netanyahu - who needs to
be present - to spend more time in the US.
In an Oval Office photo opportunity with visiting Hungarian Premier Viktor
Orban, Clinton was asked how long he expects the summit to last, and
jokingly replied: "I'd be happy if it were over in an hour. But I'm
prepared to invest as much time as it takes."
"I asked them to block out a couple of days to come back, because I think
it's very important that we try to get over these last humps and get into
the last stage of negotiations," Clinton said.
"We need to get to final-status talks, because keep in mind, the whole
thing is supposed to be wrapped up by May of next year. And the closer we
get to that date without having been at least in the final-status talks -
where the parties have a relaxed opportunity, without being against a
timetable, to discuss these big issues of the future of the Middle East -
the closer we get to that date without that happening, it's going to be
more difficult."
Clinton said he hopes that the two leaders will "be talking 12 hours a day"
to reach a deal.
Albright said after her meeting with Netanyahu and Arafat at the Erez
crossing yesterday that the "new spirit" and "sense of urgency" she felt
has given her confidence that a deal can actually be sealed in the US.
She said that "significant and substantial progress" had been made during
her two days of meetings.
"With this substantial progress having now been achieved and some
understandings reached, I believe we are now in a far better position to
finalize all the issues at the Washington summit," she said.
"Their body language has been fairly positive. On the other hand, I wasn't
born yesterday, and there are still many hard problems out there that the
leaders themselves are very much aware of."
After the talks, Albright left for Brussels and London to grapple with the
unrest in Kosovo.
Arafat invited Netanyahu to a lamb and fish lunch he hosted for Albright at
a Palestinian guest house after the talks. Netanyahu smoked a cigar after
the meal, and later told Israelis the food Arafat served was kosher. Arafat
also gave the prime minister a box of Cuban cigars as a gift.
The American goal during this trip was to nail down those areas on which
there is agreement, so as to leave as few potential stumbling blocks as
possible to be dealt with at the summit.
Three areas of agreement were pinned down: the opening of the industrial
park at Karni, the setting up of a joint committee to battle incitement,
and the launching of several "people-to-people" initiatives.
In relation to matters still under contention - such as security
assurances, the changing of the Palestinian Covenant, and the third
redeployment - the issues agreed upon are minor.
Several Palestinian officials went so far as to say that "nothing had
really changed" during Albright's mission. Arafat's only comment to the
press after the meeting was that Albright "has done a lot to push the peace
process forward."
At a press conference in Jerusalem, meanwhile, Netanyahu spoke in subdued
tones of the progress made, making it clear that only "modest steps" had
been taken and that much hard work is ahead. "Are the Palestinians ready to
fulfill their commitments, to revoke the PLO charter, to fight terror, to
fulfill completely their part of the agreement under the principle of
reciprocity?" he asked. "If the answer is yes, there will be an agreement.
Period.
"I can say that we climbed the foothills, but we still have a very large
mountain to scale in Washington," he said, adding, "None of the central
issues has been concluded between us and the Palestinians."
But a top Israeli security source said that any public agreement is
important in itself, and that the sides would now find it easier to resolve
other matters.
US special envoy Dennis Ross and Assistant Secretary of State Martin Indyk
are to remain in the region for a few more days to work on several of these
other matters. In addition, CIA Director George Tenet, who arrived earlier
this week, is working with both sides on the security working paper - the
acceptance of which is of cardinal importance to the closing of a deal.
The security source said understandings on a majority of the security
matters would hopefully be reached before the summit, leaving only the
thorny questions of the Palestinian Covenant and the third redeployment.
Will get part 11 later.
Santiago
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