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World Politics resident nakes time prepare WASHINGTON (AP) — A three- y escape from White House imumRiskM]A :ssures and a three-ringed t re me Me a $ m n Man Stanini } ays in the m limy Home, iependence % ft proof $1.9 mi; Kid, $1.9 Cup, $1.2 milliop. r JB )-noriA(?H THOA65 ; [*liai . li's Otfii 'f&SWH! Juatr ider crammed with notes are I ingredients in President Clin- is preparations for Sunday’s doff debate with Bob Dole. Already, though, Clinton’s ns have been thrown off by the irst violence between Palestini- sand Israelis since the 1967 deast war. The president was to have had ight schedule this week, with nday and Monday off, to allow ae for debate study. That anged, though, when Clinton ited Mideast leaders to an lergency White House meeting hiesday to try to restore peace. [The president has to order priorities as he sees fit and is is his priority, right now,” esidential spokesman Mike Curry said. Even so, Clinton is expected to into seclusion beginning ursday somewhere in the mid antic states — New Jersey, per- ps—to cram and practice for first 90-minute debate, begin- agat 9 p.m. EDT in Hartford, l, on Sunday. “It's important to get his head this and that he’s not tired,” a nior adviser said. “It’s impor- Jtthat we get him down.” After some last-minute squab- esover the debate format, an ireement was signed Saturday king in the details of two presi- ntial debates — Oct. 6 and Oct. -and one vice presidential bate, Oct. 9. )ole: Welfare tou Id create work for poor ■ The following are the stvers of the major presiden- fcandidates to the question: >oyou favor providing tax in- ntives for companies to hire id train homeless people who mtto work?” NTHE ISSUES m AMPAIGN Bill Clinton “By creating partnerships be- een the federal government local communities, small sinesses and ordinary citi- us, we can renew economic ivity in our disadvantaged ur- nand rural areas. My empow- nent zone initiative offers $3.5 lion in tax incentives and flex- e block grants to encourage 'W private investment in 104 onomically distressed com- unities across America. We ivealso created a national net- rkof non-traditional commu- ty banks which uses federal d money to leverage billions dollars more in private capital community renewal.” Bob Dole “The fundamental focus of dfare reform must be the pro- otion of work and personal re- pnsibility. State governments, cal communities, churches, charitable organizations can ten be effective at addressing «poverty problem. The federal 'vemment must give these in- putions the tools they need to [Uhe job done.” Ross Perot The tax code shouldn’t be [ted with provisions for every fferent cause. Businesses Quid recruit and train the meless who are capable of ork. This should be part of a « r ge movement of businesses . 0v * n £ ^ nt0 t ^ ie i nner cities an d f i fering new opportunities to e urban poor.” for TIA V Page 5 Monday • September 30, 1996 Clinton calls summit to ease mideast tensions WASHINGTON (AP) — Dis tressed over a resurgence of old tensions that “spun out of control” in the Middle East, President Clin ton said he will convene Israeli and Palestinian leaders this week to discuss restoring peace. Prime Minister Benjamin Ne tanyahu of Israel and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat agreed to meet in Washington this week in an at tempt to prevent fighting that has killed dozens of people from de stroying the peace process. “I think they’re both concerned about the way events spun out of control, about the loss of life, the injury, the eruption of old ten sions and bitterness,” Clinton said Sunday. "I believe they want to try to get beyond that. I don’t think they would be coming here if they didn’t.” King Hussein of Jordan and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak also were invited to the Washington meeting, Clinton said. Hussein agreed to come, he said, but Mubarak has not said whether he will. Clinton spoke by telephone for about 10 minutes each Sunday af ternoon with Arafat, Netanyahu, Mubarak and Hussein. White House spokesman Mike McCurry said Clinton particularly wanted to thank Netanyahu and Arafat for accepting his invitation and to “en courage them to come to Washing ton in a frame of mind that allows progress to be made.” Palestinians were hoping that Mubarak would attend. “Egypt’s role is important, and we don’t like to think of being there with out President Mubarak,” Nabil jij “I think they're Jj both concerned jj about the way I events spun out I of control...” President Clinton Shaath, the Palestinian minister of planning, said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Mubarak tentatively sent word of a scheduling conflict. But his foreign minister, Amr Moussa, said on U.S. television that a Mubarak no-show could be blamed on Is raeli behavior in recent weeks. Mubarak is annoyed that the situation in Israel “reached that level of insensitivity to the Arab people and the Arab feelings,” Moussa said, also on CBS. “President Mubarak is definitely upset at the negative develop ments that have occurred and that the peace process, as it is, is really teetering. It is not in good shape af all,” Moussa said. The Washington meeting, ten tatively scheduled for Tuesday, will focus on “relevant issues here to the recent violence,” Clinton told reporters in the White House’s Rose Garden. He did not say whether the is sues included reopening Sunday of an 500-yard-long archaeological tunnel that runs near religious sites sacred to both Muslims and Jews. Upgrades on the passage were completed last week, and that triggered a Palestinian reac tion that fed the most violent bat tles between Israelis and Arabs since the 1967 Middle East war. The United States has implied criticism of the original opening of the tunnel, but Clinton avoided mention of it Sunday. As he turned to leave the Rose Garden on Sunday, Clinton ignored a re porter’s question on Israel’s deci sion to reopen it. Israel reopens tunnel Sunday JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel de fied world opinion Sunday by re opening a tunnel near Jerusalem’s Muslim holy shrines, but agreed to a summit with the Palestinians in Washington in an attempt to revive peace talks and end the violence that has taken 73 lives. President Clinton telephoned Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ben jamin Netanyahu and told them he expected their summit Tuesday to end in success. “The president said the results needed from the meeting in Wash ington are an end to the violence and speedy renewal of negotia tions,” a statement from Ne tanyahu’s office said. Although the reopening of the tunnel kept Palestinian anger run ning high, Clinton’s personal inter vention was seen as likely to calm passions on both sides and renew hopes for progress. Arafat and Netanyahu initially refused to make concessions that would allow the summit to go ahead, but Israel’s Channel 2 TV said a possible compromise was emerging. Arafat, it said, would pledge to end the violence and stop object ing to the tunnel, while Netanyahu would agree to a timetable for fu ture negotiations and a date for Is rael’s military pullout from the West Bank city of Hebron. One remaining obstacle was the role of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Clinton invited him to attend, and Arafat insisted the Egyptian be there, but Mubarak did not agree to go. The 500-meter tunnel is por trayed by Israel as a harmless ar chaeological excavation, but it runs alongside hallowed Muslim shrines and is seen by Palestinians as diminishing their claim to Arab east Jerusalem. Israel opened the tunnel on Tuesday night, triggering clashes that left 56 Palestinians and 14 Is- Historic tunnel Israel reopened an archaeological tunnel near Muslim holy shrines Sunday, which last week triggered a violent reaction between Israelis and Arabs. Via Dolorosa Christians believe Jesus walked here on the way to his crucifixion. Tunnel re-opened Iron Gate Western Wall plaza Dome of the Rock Third holiest site in Islam Temple Mount raelis dead in the worst gunbattles they have waged in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 29 years. Three Egyptian soldiers also were killed by stray bullets that crossed the Gaza-Egypt border. Israel closed the tunnel Friday and Saturday, hoping to restore calm, and reopened it Sunday. Ne tanyahu vowed Saturday night that the tunnel “will always be open.” Late Saturday, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution that indirectly calls on Israel to close the tunnel. The vote was 14-0, with the United States abstaining. Arab teen-agers threw stones Sunday as Israeli guards opened the steel exit door of the passage leading onto the Via Dolorosa, Je sus’s route to his crucifixion. But the riots had died down by Sunday in the West Bank and Gaza. Israeli soldiers, backed by tanks, had laid siege to the Palestinian ar eas, and Arafat’s 30,000-member police force kept demonstrators away from Israeli army positions. If the violence escalates, Ne tanyahu spokesman David Bar-Il- lan said Israel may consider dis arming the Palestinian policemen. 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