Salt Lake Tribune | 1997-06-13 | Page 18

A18 ‘The Salt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Friday, June 13, 1997 Study: Divided Jerusalem Acceptable CHICAGO TRIBUNE — As hundreds ished withIsraeUi soldiers in Gaza on Thursday, a new study of attitudes in Israel showeda majority of Palestinians would accept dividing Jerusalem into two separate cities, oneIsrae- li andthe other Arab The University of Maryland report also suggested that Jews and Muslims are so divided over who should havecontrol over their holiest sites in Jerusalem that the parties might well be encouraged to agree only that ‘ultimate sov- ereigntybelongs to God." Israeli-PLO talks on a final peace settlement have been broken off for more than a year, but they are scheduled to be completed by May 1999 Israel captured East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day Warand has vowedto keepit as part of the Jewish state's eternal indivisible capital. But the Pales- tine Liberation Organizationalso claims Kast Jerusalemastheeapi- @ Gaza Mayhem tal of a future independent Pales- tinianstate. Sidestepping theissueof sovereigntyover the disputed Mount of Olives and the Temple Mount, known as HaramAl-Sharif to Arabs, is among the suggestions in the report released Thursday. Another possible solution the survey listed suggests Palestinjans get sovereignty over the mosque compound atop the Tem- Hundreds of Palestinjans clashed with Israeli troops and Jewish settlers Thursday in the Gaza Strip. Five Palestinians were wounded by gunfire, and an elderly man died of a heart attack afterinhaling tear gas, ple Mount, site of the long-destroyed biblical Jewish temples cent of Palestinians, including 48 and now hometo the Domeofthe percent whoconsider themselves Islamists, support genuine and Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine In exchange, this option pro- posed Palestinian recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Western Wall, Judai: holiest site, along the edgeof the ancient temple plateau in Jerusalem's walled Old City ‘Thesurveyalso showed 70per. lasting peace with Israel in ex- changefor recognition of a Palestinian state with Kast Jerusalem as its capital, and resolution of the issue of Palestinian refugees. ‘The respondents held that view, the report said, “even though this will inevitably fall short of full justice for the Palestinians,” ‘The Annocinted Prony Palestinian protesters watch an Israeli tank Thursday near Moraq settlementin the Gaza Strip. Disaster-Aid Bill Passes After GOP Wrings Out Amendments ‘THEASSOCIATED PRESS Jager to abandon a bruising battle with the White House, the Republican-controlled Congress passed $8.6 billion disaster-aid legislation Thursday after stripping out provisions that sparkedanearlier veto by President Clinton. Clinton signed thebill soonafterit artived at the White House. With his name on thebill, the president raised hisfist in a victory salute, Eight members of Congress stood by his desk in the Oval Office and applauded, ‘Thebill won Senate clearanceon a vote of 78-21, Final passage in the House came moments re by a similarly lopsided marginof 348-' The togislation would provide $5.6 bil- lion in emergencyrelief for victimsof disasters in 3: tes, the flood-ravaged Daincludes $1.9 billion for the Pentagon, to replenish accounts drained by operations in Bosnia and elsewhere. LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON — President Clinton on Thursday declared that the United States will support the expansion of NATOto inelude only three additional countries — Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic The president rejected the wishes of several Europeanallies whostrongly support the bids of Slovenia and Romania to become membersofthealliance. five new members — are expect- ed to put up fight, the announcementalmost surely put an end to morethan three years of jockeying over the shape of the first post-Cold War enlargement of NATO. Given the position of the United States, easily the most powerful member, there clearly will be no consensus for adding five new countries when the 16 member North Dakota washit hard by a string of springtime natural disasters, Two controversial items that Republi- was vetoed by Clinton. It would be best to Leader Dick Armey and GOP Whip Tom cans inserted into the vetoed bill were dropped from the replacement measure, common sense the 2000 Census that Clinton had objected toin the earlier measure. Alsonotincludedin therevisedbillis a compromise on rural road right-of-way issue, The compromise — a 13-member Although France and Italy — the leaders of the group favoring Leader Trent Lott and GOP Whip Don by ensuring that the people who needthis assistancewillgetit and by ensuring that the controversial and extraneous provisions of the bill were dropped,” Clintonsaid in a written statement, Strikingly, the top echelon of the GOP leadershipin both houses opposedthefinal measure, including Senate Majority Republicans retreated on provisions relating to government shutdowns and Trio Gets U.S. Nod to Join NATO commission to decide who controls roads in the West — wasreachedbeforethebill consider the issue at another time, Utah Sen. Bob Bennett said earlier this week, “I am especially pleased that the congressional majority heeded the call of kotas and Minnesota amongthem. It also going to come, and hereitis,” said Democratic Sen, Kent Conrad, whosestate of nations gather for a summit in Madrid next month, administration officials said. “The United States’ position will prevail,’’ White House spokesman Mike McCurry predicted, Twelve countries had applied for NATO membership in this round, but none of the other seven was considered a strong contender. The president stressed, however, that NATO will continue to grow. “The first new members should not and will not be the last,” Clinton said, Nickles of Oklahoma; House Majority DeLay, both of Texas, and Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, who ranks fourth among House leaders. As is customary, Speaker Newt Gingrich did not vote. “Mr, President, we give you a perfect bill, It’s over,” said Rep. Bob Livingston, R-La., chairmanof the House Appropriations Committee. Still, Livingston’s remarks were akin to a surrender statement in a political war that many GOP lawmakers said was costing their party support. “Many of us wonderedif this day was One was designed to prevent a government shutdown this fall, although at funding levels the Democrats said would have caused deepcuts in social spending, ‘The anti-shutdown issue will be debated in separate legislation under an agreementthat bars a Senatefilibuster. The other was a proposal to ban sampling in the nation’s next census was re- placed with a government study of methods the Census Bureau intends to use to apply statistical adjustments of an expected undercountof the population. House Tax Panel Rejects Plan te Tax Indian Casinos THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — In a surprise move, the Housetax-writing committee early Friday defeated an effort to tax Indian casinos and other businesses, By a 22-16 vote, the House Ways and Means Committee agreed to reject a proposed $1.9 billion tax over five years on the fast-growing Indian gaming in- dustry. The vote wasa stinging rebuke to the panel’s chairman, Rep. Bill Archer, R-Texas, who wanted the levy to help finance the GOP's $85billion tax cut plan. An unusual alliance of Demoerats and Republicans formed behind an amendment sponsored by Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz., to strike the Indian gamingtax. Cancer Group: Tobacco Deal Could Save a Million Lives THEASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Ameri- ean Cancer Society on Thursday declared that an evolving tobacco settlement could savethelives of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Public-health groups are withholding endorsements until they “There will be no agreement see the final deal, but the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and American Medical Association all strongly signaled support Thursday. The cancer society calculated that if the deal works as promised, 3 million teens who otherwise would have started smoking by 2007 won't — so consequently 1 million of them would be saved from tobacco-related death. unless these are resolved," promised negotiator Matthew Myersof But in the newesttwist, the purported $4 billion that tobacco 1 million young Americans, as ne- gotiators unveiled details that showcigarette-makers would be forced to write check after check to fight smoking. 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