1. Among those killed were Gerd Wagner, a German diplomat and deputy to Carlos Westendorp, the lead peace negotiator, and a British diplomat, Charles Morpeth. 2. And Palestinian peace negotiators hailed the belated fulfillment of a promise extracted from Israel by President Clinton a year ago. 3. As a result of the relationships he nurtured, Israeli doves and U.S. peace negotiators regarded him as the most flexible Palestinian official. 4. After the massacre Zedillo dismissed the Chiapas governor and hired a new interior minister, his top political operator, and a new peace negotiator. 5. But the grip of the militarists was still so strong that no on e dared to come forward as a peace negotiator. 6. Dropping his demand for a complete cease-fire before talks resumed, he has sent peace negotiators to Washington while the shooting continues. 7. For a time he was legal counsel to Palestinian peace negotiators. 8. Friday, his chief peace negotiator, Uri Savir, maintained the tough line. 9. Ghassan Khatib, a former peace negotiator for the Palestinians and now an independent journalist, said he has seen the quivering lip many times over the years. 10. Hassan Asfour, a senior Palestinian peace negotiator, charged that the planned roads were a violation of the Palestinian-Israeli accords. |