DEADLOCK PROMPTS WARNING FROM PALESTINIAN LEADERS.Byline: Associated Press As negotiations failed again Saturday to reach agreement on an Israeli troop withdrawal from the West Bank West Bank, territory, formerly part of Palestine, after 1949 administered by Jordan, since 1967 largely occupied by Israel (2005 est. pop. 2,386,000), 2,165 sq mi (5,607 sq km), west of the Jordan River, incorporating the northwest quadrant of the Dead Sea. Since mid-1994 limited Palestinian self-rule has existed in portions of the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority., Palestinian leaders warned of an ``explosion'' if a resolution doesn't come soon. ``The peace talks have hit a deadlock,'' said a Palestinian Authority statement following a late-night Cabinet meeting on the West Bank's Gaza Strip. ``All the world community must ... save this peace process because the situation will become more tense and the entire region will witness an explosion if the peace process is not saved.'' Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat convened his Cabinet late Saturday following a meeting in Cairo A code name from Microsoft for a future operating system. The term was later used only to refer to specific features, some of which are included in Windows 2000. with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss the stalled peace talks. Arafat refused to talk to reporters after the meeting. U.S. mediator Dennis Ross expressed optimism following the Cairo talks. ``We've achieved a great deal of progress, but we haven't overcome all the differences,'' he said. Ross said he did not win agreement on ``non-Hebron Hebron, city (2003 est. pop. 155,000), the West Bank, called Al-Khalil in modern Arabic. Hebron is situated at an altitude of 3,000 ft (910 m) in a region where grapes, cereal grains, and vegetables are grown. Tanning, food processing, glassblowing, and the manufacture of sheepskin coats are the major industries. The city is also a road junction. issues,'' essentially a timetable for pulling out Israel's soldiers from rural areas of the West Bank. A deal on this larger withdrawal is key to a long-delayed pullout from Hebron, the last West Bank city Israel occupies. Ross' hourlong meeting with Mubarak came after Arafat met with the Egyptian president. |
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