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From: msilverm@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Silverman)
Subject: Re: Clinton's views on Jerusalem
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 17:50:00 GMT
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bf3833@pyuxe.cc.bellcore.com (feigenbaum,benjamin) writes:

>I recently read that during Bill Clinton's campaign, he stated
>that if elected he would immediately recognize Jerusalem as
>Israel's capital.  According to the article, Mr. Clinton
>reaffirmed this after winning the presidency.  However,
>during recent talks with President Mubarak, Secretary of
>State Christopher stated that "the status of Jerusalem
>will be a final matter of discussion between the parties".

>Now I don't want to start a big discussion over the status
>of Jerusalem.  All I want to know is if anyone can 
>authenticate Mr. Clinton's statements with dates, places, etc.

From a recent interview in Middle East Insight magazine,
Clinton said that he supports moving the US Embassy to
Jerusalem, but would not do so at this time because it
would interrupt the peace talks. 

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