March 28, 1997

U.S. special envoy Ross meets again with Netanyahu, separately with PA Local Government M Saeb Erakat. Arafat cancels a joint unity rally of Fatah, Islamist groups. (PR 3/28; RE 3/28 in WNC 3/31; NYT, WP, WT 3/29; JT 3/29, ITV 3/31 in WNC 4/1; WT 3/30)

Arafat cancels a joint unity rally of Fatah, Islamist groups. (PR 3/28; RE 3/28 in WNC 3/31)

At the end of a 2-day mtg. in Rabat, Morocco, the Jerusalem Comm. of the OIC, chaired by King Hassan, issues an unexpectedly moderate denunciation of Israeli settlement policy. (RE, RL, VOA 3/27 in WNC 3/28; SANA 3/28 in WNC 3/31; NYT 3/29; al-Aswaq [Amman], RTM Television [Rabat] 3/29 in WNC 4/1; SA 3/29 in WNC 4/3; al-Safir 4/2 in WNC 4/4; MA 4/4 in WNC 4/7; MA 3/28 in WNC 4/9) (see 3/27)