USA: MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS HIT A STORM IN THEIR FINAL HOURS WITH NEGOTIATIONS DEADLOCKED ON CRUCIAL ISSUES OF JERUSALEM

Record ID: 977254

  • Title: USA: MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS HIT A STORM IN THEIR FINAL HOURS WITH NEGOTIATIONS DEADLOCKED ON CRUCIAL ISSUES OF JERUSALEM
  • Date: 19th July 2000
  • Summary: THURMONT, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES (JULY 18, 2000)(U.S. POOL) 1. SLV STREET SCENES 0.07 2. SLV WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN JOE LOCKHART WALKING TO PODIUM 0.12 3. (SOUNDBITE)(English) REPORTER ASKING WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN JOE LOCKHART: "Is it fair to say that the talks are in crisis right now." SOUNDBITE (English) WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN JOE LOCKHART: "No, I wouldn't use that phrase. I would say there are obviously very difficult issues in front of them but the parties are continuing to work at it." 0.29 4. SCU MEDIA 0.32 5. SOUNDBITE (English) REPORTER: "Has anybody threatened to walk (away) yet." SOUNDBITE (English) LOCKHART JOKING WITH REPORTER: "Well it would be a long walk. You have to go all the way down the mountain." 0.38 6. SCU MEDIA 0.42 7. SOUNDBITE (English) LOCKHART: "Both sides came here with a real sense that they wanted to reach an agreement. These are very difficult issues. They have spent a lot of time together, they have spent very little time sleeping, there are fifty two years of debate behind them, so the atmosphere at times has been tense, but they are still working at it." 1.10 8. SLV MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA 1.15 ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 18, 2000) (REUTERS) 9. SOUNDBITE (English) JAMIL TARIFI, PALESTINIAN CABINET MINISTER; "There will be no Palestinian that will accept anything less than the withdrawal from Jerusalem and it is turned back as a Palestinian sovereignty and the capital of a Palestinian state." 1.27 10. SCU STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF PALESTINE PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT AND U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON (2 SHOTS) 1.42 11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) TARIFI: "Honestly, we don't know what is going on at Camp David but we can presume that if the Israelis decide that Jerusalem is one part of the occupied territory and they must withdraw and then after that, then the subject of the organization if both parties have agreed that this city would be an open city and it could also be the capital of two states, the state of Palestine and the state of Israel. In this situation, we could work on organizing the ways to make the city open but the most important issue is that Jerusalem is a part of Palestine and capital of the country of Palestine." 2.28 THURMONT, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES (JULY 18, 2000)(CH.2 - NO ACCESS ISRAEL/INTERNET) 12. MV REPORTER WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S SPOKESMAN GADI BALTIANSKY 2.30 13. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S SPOKESMAN GADI BALTIANSKY: "It is correct to say that the Prime Minister is participating in tough battle for the security and other interests of Israel, to strengthen Israel, to strengthen Jerusalem and as of now it is impossible to know how the summit will end." (INCLUDES CUTAWAY OF BALTIANSKY WITH MEDIA) 2.56 14. MV REPORTER WITH BALTIANSKY 3.01 15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DR. UZI LANDAU, MEMBER OF THE ISRAELI KNESSET SAYING: "Well I am here not to set up my red lines but we first have to make sure that all of the commitments that Mr. Barak be elected in Israel be kept to the spirit and to the letter. You didn't hear that from me. I am representing the majority of Israel and we have never said that we are ready for a Palestinian state. " 3.33 16. SCU MEDIA 3.37 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: THURMONT, MARYLAND/ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
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