NewsGuy
06-09-2001, 10:31 AM
From CBS:
Israeli and Palestinian officials, under the strongest U.S. prodding in months, have been asked to respond Sunday on ways they could cement a weeklong truce and restore the trust needed for an eventual return to peace talks.
CIA chief George Tenet's three-way meeting with Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs Friday marked the highest-level Bush administration involvement in stemming the violence that broke out Sept. 28 and has claimed nearly 600 lives since.
A Palestinian security official said Tenet gave both sides a written proposal containing a timeline for implementing commitments made at an October summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, and recommendations of a commission led by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell.
Israeli and Palestinian officials, under the strongest U.S. prodding in months, have been asked to respond Sunday on ways they could cement a weeklong truce and restore the trust needed for an eventual return to peace talks.
CIA chief George Tenet's three-way meeting with Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs Friday marked the highest-level Bush administration involvement in stemming the violence that broke out Sept. 28 and has claimed nearly 600 lives since.
A Palestinian security official said Tenet gave both sides a written proposal containing a timeline for implementing commitments made at an October summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, and recommendations of a commission led by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell.