91. Peres and Mubarak are also to discuss efforts to restart negotiations between aimed at extending Palestinian autonomy to the West Bank. 92. PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres began talks Tuesday on an accord to extend autonomy over the West Bank, a correspondent reported. 93. Police Minister Moshe Shahal told Israel state radio on Sunday it was still possible to strike an agreement by the end of the week to extend Palestinian autonomy. 94. Rabin signed the accord to extend autonomy on the West Bank with PLO leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday in Washington. 95. Rabin called off the negotiations on extending Palestinian autonomy after the kidnap of an Israeli soldier by Islamic militants. 96. Shaath was speaking to journalists upon arrival in the Egyptian capital to head the Palestinian team in negotiations on extending autonomy in the West Bank that resumed Monday. 97. State radio said Foreign Minister Shimon Peres informed PLO leader Yasser Arafat of the decision, taken to avoid disrupting negotiations on extending Palestinian autonomy on the West Bank. 98. Talks on extending autonomy began in Paris Wednesday. 99. Talks on extending autonomy resumed late Sunday at Eilat in southern Israel. 100. The abductions provoked an outcry in Israel and provided political ammunition for opponents of the accord extending Palestinian autonomy in the occupied West Bank. |