This is a sign from the pope, who is the highest Christian authority in this world, that he is denying the claim of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem,

President Clinton listened in two meetings (to) our reservations on his initiative, ... And he promised that he will discuss these reservations with the Israeli side. The ball is in the American and the Israeli court.

We conveyed to President Clinton our acceptance in principle to the proposal ... with our own explanations and interpretations of those proposals in relation to all the issues,

If Mr. Netanyahu is looking for a pretext to stop the negotiations and undermine the process, he will always find one. This attack, which we have condemned, should serve as an incentive to accelerate the negotiations,

[Hassan Abdel Rahman, Palestine Liberation Organization representative to the United States, said the responsibility for controlling terrorists should not rest solely with the Palestinian Authority.] It is unfair to put the blame on Yasser Arafat and the authority alone without looking at what the Israelis are doing to the Palestinians, ... The conditions that are created by Israel make the Palestinian people very angry and very frustrated.

We have turned over a complete security plan to the Americans, ... President Clinton himself approved it and was happy with it.