January 25, 2000

PM Barak cancels plans to send experts to Washington today for talks with the U.S. peace team on the U.S. working paper. In response, Syria says it will send its experts, who were scheduled to arrive ca. 1/31, when it is convinced that Israel is serious about exchanging land for peace. (AFP 1/25 in WNC 1/27; MM, NYT, WP, WT 1/26; MM 1/27, 1/28) (see 1/17)

In Cairo, Arafat, Mubarak hold talks on the peace process. (MENA 1/25 in WNC 1/27)

For the 1st time since 8/99, an IDF soldier is killed in s. Lebanon in a clash with Hizballah; 3 SLA mbrs. are wounded. The IDF retaliates with an airstrike, killing 2 civilians. (RL 1/25 in WNC 1/27; MM, NYT, WP, WT 1/26; MM 1/27; MEI 2/11)