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  • November 18, 1997

    In London, Jordan's King Hussein, Israel's PM Netanyahu meet for the first time since Israel's attempted assassination of Hamas political leader Khalid Mishal in Amman 9/25. (MM, WT 11/18; SA, JT...

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  • November 6, 1997

    PA, Israeli delegations end 4 days of talks, gaining some ground on technical issues related to Oslo II but remaining deadlocked on FRDs, settlement construction. Secy of State Albright announces...

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In London, Jordan's King Hussein, Israel's PM Netanyahu meet for the first time since Israel's attempted assassination of Hamas political leader Khalid Mishal in Amman 9/25. (MM, WT 11/18; SA, JT 11/19 in WNC 11/21; al-Dustur, JT, Star 11/20 in WNC 11/25; JP 11/29)

Doha economic summit ends. All participants sign final communiqué, including Israel, which unsuccessfully tried to block section stressing that Oslo negotiations are based on land for peace. 2 major Jordanian, Qatari investment companies sign $25-m. partnership, industrial investment agmt. (MM 11/18; WP, WT 11/19; JT 11/19 in WNC 11/21; SA 11/19 in WNC 11/25; WJW 11/27)

At the end of a 3-wk. evaluation following a sharp rise in casualties in s. Lebanon, top IDF officials unanimously reaffirm decision to stay in s. Lebanon until an agmt. on redeployment is achieved with Lebanon, Syria. (MM 11/19; YA 11/19 in WNC 11/21)

Knesset threatens Israeli banks with prosecution if they persist in refusing to identify owners of dormant Nazi-era accounts holding an estimated total of $57 m. (WT 11/19)

In Bethlehem, a Palestinian boy is shot dead by IDF sniper guarding DM Yitzhak Mordechai on visit to Rachel's Tomb. (MEI 12/5)

IDF demolishes Palestinian home, workshop in al-Ram, n. of Jerusalem. (PR 11/21)

Employing a "dual-track" strategy of military and diplomatic pressure, Russian FM Yevgeny Primakov opens talks in Moscow with Iraqi Dep. PM Tariq `Aziz, while U.S. pres. Bill Clinton sends 12 additional military aircraft to the Gulf, authorizes cmdrs. to deploy 30 more if they deem it necessary. (MM 11/18; CSM, MM, WP, WT 11/19) (see 11/17; ITV 11/19 in WNC 11/21; MEI 11/21)

PA, Israeli delegations end 4 days of talks, gaining some ground on technical issues related to Oslo II but remaining deadlocked on FRDs, settlement construction. Secy of State Albright announces plans to hold separate mtgs. with Arafat, Netanyahu on her way to the 11/16-18 Doha economic summmit to move talks forward. (NYT 11/6; MENA, SA 11/6 in WNC 11/8; MM, NYT, WP, WT 11/7; TJT 11/7 in WNC 11/12)

Donor's Ad Hoc Liaison Comm. meets in Washington. (PR 11/7)

After several days of Palestinian stone-throwing incidents nr. the al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, IDF begins taking pictures of crowds, installing cameras around the mosque to identify demonstrators; detains many Palesitnians for questioning. (ITV 11/6 in WNC 11/8)