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Arab sources: Palestinian - Israeli summit next week

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Arab sources said there will be a Palestinian - Israeli summit in Bethlehem on coming April 2 between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak following Arafat's visit to Berlin, which is starting tomorrow.

The sources added that there is to be a summit in Cairo on April 4 between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Arafat and Barak.

Barak expressed his optimism toward the summit meeting scheduled for Sunday in Geneva between Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and US President Bill Clinton, which he sees as a historic chance for the peace process, especially before end of Clinton's term of office.

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