January 11, 2000

Upon his return to Israel, Barak assures Israelis that any concessions made in a peace deal with Syria will be balanced by security guarantees; predicts that a majority of the 100,000 protesters in Tel Aviv on 1/10 would support a referendum on a peace deal. (MM 1/11; MM, NYT, WP 1/12; CSM 1/13)

Arafat postpones the long-delayed PLOCC mtg., scheduled for 1/15, until 2/00, without setting a new date. (SA 1/11 in WNC 1/12) (see 12/18)

Hizballah attacks an SLA patrol in s. Lebanon, wounding 2 SLA mbrs. (RL 1/11 in WNC 1/12)