The Israeli side got in touch and this meeting was postponed. We don't want the meeting just for the sake of meeting. On the contrary, we want a meeting that is well prepared.

This is very dangerous and could easily go from bad to worse, ... It is not in the Israeli or Palestinian interests for this violence to continue.

We don't want a meeting for the sake of the meeting. We need a meeting with substance.

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.

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