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Israel plays down threat of clash with Washington
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
JERUSALEM, March 31: Israel played down the threat of a showdown with Washington today after US peace envoy Dennis Ross failed in his latest bid to broker a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. As Ross returned empty-handed to Washington following four days of shuttling between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, a US spokesman said the peace process was in ``dire straits'' and warned for the first time that the United States could ``disengage'' from its mediating role.But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted there was no crisis while other Israeli officials blamed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for the stalemate. Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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