71. The final status negotiations are supposed to conclude the peace process, resolving the most sensitive issues, like Jerusalem, borders and refugees. 72. The final status talks include the most divisive and sensitive issues left unresolved. 73. The future of settlements is to be decided in final status negotiations, just begun. 74. The hope among negotiators is that the October summit could result in an interim agreement that would set the stage for final status talks. 75. The issues of a Palestinian state and the status of Jerusalem are to be determined in final status talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. 76. The issues are to be discussed in final status talks between Israel and the Palestinians under the accords reached by Peres and Arafat. 77. The new schedule will still allow negotiation about the final status of the territories with most of the disputed areas no longer occupied by Israeli troops. 78. The Palestinians have raised the settlement issue as one of their key concerns as final status talks opened this week. 79. The stickiest of the final status issues is Jerusalem. 80. The White House said Clinton and Barak would focus their talks on the Israeli-Palestinian final status negotiations and on the withdrawal from Lebanon. |