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  • December 17, 1997

    After a 3d inconclusive Israeli cabinet session on FRD, Netanyahu leaves for mtg. with Secy. of State Albright in Paris, promising Infrastructures M Sharon that he will not present Albright with...

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  • July 8, 1997

    PM Netanyahu finishes cabinet reshuffle, promising coalition mbrs. $1.4 b. (which he does not have available in the budget) for projects; denying Infrastructures M Sharon positions as finance M,...

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  • March 5, 1997

    In Cairo, Egyptian pres. Mubarak, Israeli PM Netanyahu hold tense, inconclusive talks, marked by disagreement over Israeli settlement plans. (MM 3/5; RE 3/5 in WNC 3/7; CSM, MM, NYT, WP 3/6; ITV 3...

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After a 3d inconclusive Israeli cabinet session on FRD, Netanyahu leaves for mtg. with Secy. of State Albright in Paris, promising Infrastructures M Sharon that he will not present Albright with any new maps, plans; all he will take with him is a list of conditions for the PA. As a result, FM Levy, who has insisted that Israel present Albright with a concrete proposal, refuses to accompany the PM to Paris. (IDF Radio 12/17 in WNC 12/19; NYT, WJW, WP 12/18)

Israel, PA military cmdrs. initial agmt. on new 16-pt. memorandum of understanding (MOU) on security. (NYT 12/18; MA 12/18 in WNC 12/20; WP 12/19; YA 12/21 in WNC 12/23; MM 12/22; WP 1/23; al-Dustur 12/23, YA 12/24 in WNC 12/29; WJW 12/25)

PM Netanyahu finishes cabinet reshuffle, promising coalition mbrs. $1.4 b. (which he does not have available in the budget) for projects; denying Infrastructures M Sharon positions as finance M, in the policy-making inner cabinet; appointing MK Michael Eytan science M for 1 yr., after which the job will rotate to Likud's Silvan Shalom. (MM 7/8, 7/9; WP 7/10)

The House passes (377-33) the Prohibition of Financial Transactions with Countries Supporting Terrorism Act of 1997, closing a loophole in 1996 antiterrorism legislation that permitted transactions with Syria, Sudan. This bill is separate fr. the House res. passed by the Senate 6/17. (Near East Report 7/14; RMC 7/21 in WNC 7/22; WJW 7/24; MEI, MM 7/25)

Israeli court sentences Hamas mbr. Hassan Salameh to 46 consecutive life terms for engineering 3 suicide bombings that killed 46 persons. (WT 7/9; AFP 7/9 in WNC 7/10; WJW 7/10; JP 7/19) (see 6/18)

Iran, Saudi Arabia sign 4 memoranda of understanding on agricultural cooperation, transport and communications, joint investment, and transit trade to Central Asia. (MM 7/9)

In Cairo, Egyptian pres. Mubarak, Israeli PM Netanyahu hold tense, inconclusive talks, marked by disagreement over Israeli settlement plans. (MM 3/5; RE 3/5 in WNC 3/7; CSM, MM, NYT, WP 3/6; ITV 3/7 in WNC 3/13; WJW 3/13; MEI 3/21)

After New York, Arafat heads to Georgia to meet with fmr. Pres. Jimmy Carter and Houston to meet with fmr. Pres. George Bush, fmr. Secy. of State James Baker III before returning to Gaza. (MM, NYT 3/6; WT 3/7)

UNSC begins debate on Israel's Har Homa plan. (MM, WT 3/5; MM, NYT, WP, WT 3/6; MEI 3/7; WJW 3/13)

After 4 days of talks in Tehran, Jordan, Iran sign memorandum of understanding on health issues, medicine, medical training. (IRNA, VIRI 3/2 in WNC 3/4)