We hold Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian Authority responsible for the initiation of this wave of violence, ... And we believe that the Palestinian leadership has to make up its mind whether they intend to reach a peace agreement which we believe is within our reach, or alternatively, to lead the whole region into a deadlock that might result in deterioration and maybe even confrontation.
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