It's impossible to say who has guns in Gaza anymore. The ballots are the only thing that can stop the violence at this point.

Carving out a so-called buffer zone is tantamount to reoccupying Gaza.

I don't think we can classify it legally as an international border now because Gaza is not free of occupation.

Carving out a so-called buffer zone is tantamount to reoccupying Gaza. We are exerting maximum efforts to restore calm.

We didn't get responses on forming a Palestinian-Israeli joint committee to follow up and observe the operation of distributing ballots, voting and the movement of voters as well as candidates.

Of course, Mrs. Arafat did not mean poison gas, but tear gas. We agreed with President Clinton that the Palestinians and Israelis must resolve their differences through dialogue and negotiations.