Barak sends a message to Clinton

Israel has officially called the US administration not to declare its stand concerning negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian government due to be discussed in the coming meeting in Camp David.

The Hebrew-language Israeli army radio said that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak sent a message to this effect to the US President Bill Clinton.

The radio added the two members of the Israeli delegation to the negotiations minister Shloumi Bin Ami and lawyer Yaqoub Sheir will hold talks with the UN administration to this effect prior to the meeting to be held tomorrow (Tuesday), which will include beside US President Bill Clinton each of the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

The Israeli radio remarked that of the main areas of main disputes are the question of the occupied city of Jerusalem and the question of the Palestinian refugees.