VARIOUS: INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORS SAY THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT FURTHER VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST CAN BE AVOIDED
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VARIOUS: INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORS SAY THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT FURTHER VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST CAN BE AVOIDED
- Title: VARIOUS: INTERNATIONAL MEDIATORS SAY THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT FURTHER VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST CAN BE AVOIDED
- Date: 11th October 2000
- Summary: GAZA (OCTOBER 10, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. MV PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT AND U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN EMERGING FROM MEETING; ARAFAT AND ANNAN WALK TO ANNAN'S CAR (2 SHOTS) 0.16 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN "Time will tell. We are determined to do whatever we can to de-escalate, to end the violence and get the discussions back to the table. I think it is essential that we succeed in my statement yesterday and I'm not the only one who is working on this. There are lots of other leaders -- the entire international community is determined to end the violence and I hope we will succeed." 0.34 JERUSALEM (OCTOBER 10, 2000) (REUTERS) 3. MV FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SPEAKING WITH JERUSALEM SKYLINE BEHIND HIM 0.40 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NETANYAHU SAYING "This is the result of a cynical action by the Palestinian leadership, the dictatorship, that is sending these children into the front line so that they are killed in front of the cameras in order to put pressure on Israel." 0.51 GAZA (OCTOBER 10, 2000) (REUTERS) 5. MV ANNAN AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV EMERGING FROM MEETING 1.00 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT SPEAKING OUTSIDE BUILDING AFTER MEETING WITH IVANOV: "The confrontations are still very heavy. They (the Israelis) are using tanks, artillary, Lau (anti-tank) rockets, and helicopters, especially in Hebron, Nablus and Bethlehem.This morning they destroyed a building in Gaza." 1.45 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV SPEAKING AFTER MEETING WITH ARAFAT: "We discussed with the President (Arafat) what we can do to stop the violence and to resume talks. Russia will do its best to achieve that goal." 8. ARAFAT AND IVANOV WALKING TO CAR 2.29 JERUSALEM (OCTOBER 10, 2000) (IBA - NO ACCESS ISRAEL/INTERNET) 9. SV ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK ARRIVING AT CEREMONY FOR FALLEN SOLDIERS; BARAK MEETING WAR WIDOWS/ WALKING AND SHAKING HANDS; WAR WIDOW AT CEREMONY (2 SHOTS) 2.51 10. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK SPEAKING AT CEREMONY: "Israel is a very, very strong country. But without unity, the most advanced and sophisticated weapons in the world will be useless. In the Yom Kippur War we were a nation united and from then on sometimes it seems we are a nation divided." 3.12 11. SLV PEOPLE STANDING DURING CEREMONY 3.20 ISRAELI-LEBANESE, ISRAEL (OCTOBER 10, 2000) (REUTERS) 13. MV / SLV ISRAELI SOLDIERS WALKING ON PATROL (2 SHOTS) 3.52 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: GAZA/ JERUSALEM/ ISRAELI-LEBANESE, ISRAEL
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
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