Military

DATE=11/04/00

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

TITLE= ISRAEL / BARAK

BYLINE= LAURIE KASSMAN

DATELINE=TEL AVIV

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INTRO: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak again calls on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to end the violence and resume what he calls the peace of the brave. He made the remarks during a rally in Tel Aviv to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Correspondent Laurie Kassman has more from Tel Aviv.

TEXT: Israeli Prime Minister Barak says he remains committed to the peace process and will not give into violence.

Mr. Barak made the remarks in the Tel Aviv plaza where tens of thousands had gathered to honor the memory of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who was gunned down in the same plaza five years ago. The soldier-turned-peacemaker had launched peace negotiations with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 1993.

On Saturday, Prime Minister Barak again called on Chairman Arafat to help end the violence that has engulfed the West Bank and Gaza for the past five weeks.

Mr. Barak is heard through an interpreter.

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From here, in your names, I call to Yasser Arafat. You who shook the hand of Yitzhak Rabin, don't allow the extremists to lead you into the path of pain and acrimony for both people. You can put an end to the violence, an end to this cycle of blood.

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Mr. Barak says his goal is to achieve a settlement with the Palestinians through negotiations, not through force.

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In these days, we say to ourselves it is not enough to want peace, not enough to talk peace or dream peace, you have to do it.

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The Israeli Prime Minister has confirmed he will go to Washington next week for talks with U-S President Bill Clinton to see how to get the peace process back on track. Mr. Arafat will also hold separate talks with President Clinton.

Israel and the Palestinians agreed to a ceasefire last Wednesday to try to end five weeks of bloodshed, that has claimed more than 170 victims. Sporadic clashes continued Saturday in the West Bank and Gaza but the intensity of the violence appears to have subsided. (Signed)

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