1. Alarmed at the mounting death toll, President Clinton Sunday proposed convening a security meeting between the Israelis and Palestinians chaired by the United States once the fighting stops. 2. But the allies have ruled out sending ground troops into Kosovo until the fighting stops, largely to avoid political dissent at home. 3. But, with both sides under international pressure to cease fire, Israeli leaders said they would let the fighting stop there. 4. He says he will not leave the region until the fighting stops. 5. He may or may not get a decision before the fighting stops. 6. Israelis say they will not discuss such matters until the fighting stops and Peres says he envisions the meeting as the first of a series. 7. Only when Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, under intense pressure from India and the United States, ordered a withdrawal, did the fighting stop. 8. They vow it will mean no Oslo peace process, no land concessions and no talking until all the fighting stops. 9. U.S. envoy William Burns was meeting with both sides on the long-range political solutions that Israeli leaders say they will deal with only after the fighting stops. 10. A U.N. Security Council demanded last week an end to all Serb attacks in Kosovo and NATO finalized plans for air strikes unless the fighting stops. |