We cannot confine the talks to security issues, ... All issues should be discussed with Ross in order to reach positive results.

I hope that (Netanyahu) will go to Washington with a positive response to the American initiative, and not to try again to open dialogue, to waste time,

Russia's position is that status issues must be discussed at the third stage of talks within the Joint Group.

The ball is in the Israeli court,

[A separate report by the New York Times also released today claims Arafat's medical records indicated the late PLO leader died of a stroke. The report, which says it is the] first independent review of [Arafat's medical] records ... an omission experts found bizarre.

There can be no mix between our just cause and objectives and methods that are unjust ... terrorist acts and the killing of civilians. ... This is the position of the Arab world and the Muslim world,