11. Palestinian security chief in Gaza Mohammed Dahlan said such unilateral moves were unacceptable. 12. Also, unilateral moves breed suspicions. 13. Albright has called for a halt in settlement construction and Wednesday said unilateral moves would hurt chances for peace. 14. Arafat has told his Cabinet that he encountered overwhelming opposition abroad to any unilateral move. 15. Arafat told his Cabinet recently that he encountered overwhelming opposition abroad to any unilateral move. 16. Arafat had been under intense international pressure not to make a unilateral move that could damage peace talks and possibly provoke violent conflict with Israel. 17. Barak, by contrast, is not opposed to Palestinian statehood although he wants it to result from a negotiating process and not a unilateral move by Arafat. 18. Barak says Israel must separate itself from the Palestinians, either by agreement or through a gradual unilateral move. 19. Barak said that if the Palestinians did not drop these demands, he would favor unilateral moves to separate Israelis and Palestinians. 20. Clinton argued that a unilateral U.S. move against the embargo would intensify the violence and expose civilians to attack and starvation. |
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