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 <s><ENAMEX TYPE="PERSON">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu</ENAMEX> <EVENT eid="e1" class="REPORTING" lowerBoundDuration="PT10S" upperBoundDuration="PT30M">says</EVENT> considerable <EVENT eid="e21" class="STATE" lowerBoundDuration="P1W" upperBoundDuration="P1W">gaps</EVENT> <EVENT eid="e2" class="ASPECTUAL" lowerBoundDuration="P1W" upperBoundDuration="P1W">remain</EVENT>
 between Israeli and Palestinian positions <SIGNAL sid="s44">before</SIGNAL> <TIMEX3 tid="t19" type="DATE" temporalFunction="true" functionInDocument="NONE" value="1998-W19" anchorTimeID="t18">next week</TIMEX3>'s <EVENT eid="e22" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="P3D" upperBoundDuration="P2W">talks</EVENT> in
 <ENAMEX TYPE="LOCATION">London</ENAMEX>.</s> <s>He and <ENAMEX TYPE="PERSON">Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat</ENAMEX> <EVENT eid="e3" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="PT1H" upperBoundDuration="PT5H">meet</EVENT> separately <TIMEX3 tid="t20" type="DATE" temporalFunction="true" functionInDocument="NONE" value="1998-05-04" anchorTimeID="t18">Monday</TIMEX3> with
 <ENAMEX TYPE="PERSON"><ENAMEX TYPE="LOCATION">US</ENAMEX> Secretary of <ENAMEX TYPE="ORGANIZATION">State</ENAMEX> Madeleine Albright</ENAMEX>.</s>
 <s><SIGNAL sid="s64">At</SIGNAL> a news <EVENT eid="e61" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="PT20M" upperBoundDuration="PT1H">conference</EVENT> with <ENAMEX TYPE="PERSON"><ENAMEX TYPE="ORGANIZATION">US Vice</ENAMEX> President Al Gore</ENAMEX> in <ENAMEX TYPE="PERSON">Jerusalem</ENAMEX>, <ENAMEX TYPE="PERSON">Mr.
 Netanyahu</ENAMEX> <EVENT eid="e4" class="I_ACTION" lowerBoundDuration="PT10S" upperBoundDuration="PT5M">suggested</EVENT> <ENAMEX TYPE="LOCATION">Israel</ENAMEX> <SIGNAL sid="s23">might</SIGNAL> be <EVENT eid="e24" class="I_STATE" lowerBoundDuration="PT1H" upperBoundDuration="P1W">willing</EVENT> to <EVENT eid="e25" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="PT1H" upperBoundDuration="P1W">move</EVENT> a little on issues
 <EVENT eid="e6" class="I_STATE" lowerBoundDuration="P1W" upperBoundDuration="P1Y">holding</EVENT> up <EVENT eid="e26" class="STATE" lowerBoundDuration="P1Y" upperBoundDuration="P30Y">peace</EVENT>, but he <EVENT eid="e7" class="REPORTING" lowerBoundDuration="PT10S" upperBoundDuration="PT5M">said</EVENT> he <EVENT eid="e8" class="I_STATE" lowerBoundDuration="P1D" upperBoundDuration="P1W">expects</EVENT> an equal <EVENT eid="e27" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="P1D" upperBoundDuration="P1W">effort</EVENT> from the
 Palestinians.</s>
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 <s><SIGNAL sid="s153">If</SIGNAL> <ENAMEX TYPE="LOCATION">Israel</ENAMEX>  is <EVENT eid="e9" class="I_ACTION" lowerBoundDuration="PT1H" upperBoundDuration="P3D">asked</EVENT> to uh <EVENT eid="e10" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="P3M" upperBoundDuration="P3Y">stretch</EVENT> itself on matters that are vital to its
 security concerns, then we must <EVENT eid="e12" class="PERCEPTION" lowerBoundDuration="P1D" upperBoundDuration="P1W">see</EVENT> an equal effort on the other side.</s>
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 <s><ENAMEX TYPE="PERSON">Mr. Gore</ENAMEX> <EVENT eid="e15" class="I_ACTION" lowerBoundDuration="PT10S" upperBoundDuration="PT30M">called</EVENT> on <ENAMEX TYPE="LOCATION">Israel</ENAMEX>  <SIGNAL sid="s28">to</SIGNAL> <EVENT eid="e16" class="ASPECTUAL" lowerBoundDuration="NULL" upperBoundDuration="NULL">continue</EVENT> <EVENT eid="e17" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="P1Y" upperBoundDuration="P30Y">taking</EVENT> <EVENT eid="e29" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="P1Y" upperBoundDuration="P30Y">risks</EVENT> for peace.</s>
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