DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: It appears there has been somewhat of a breakthrough in the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. Here is Kelly Wallace at the White House. Good morning, Kelly.</s>KELLY WALLACE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn. Well, a senior administration official involved in the Mideast negotiations tells CNN that President Clinton will convene a summit next week with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Mr. Clinton is expected to make this announcement here at the White House about an hour from now. And we are told that one -- some of the places being considered, of the many sites being considered for this possible summit, include Camp David. That would be a very symbolic place because that is the place where President Jimmy Carter was able to forge a breakthrough agreement between the Israelis and the Egyptians about two decades ago. Now, Mr. Clinton has been mulling over whether to convene this summit ever since last week, when Secretary of State Madeleine Albright returned from her trip to the Middle East, meeting with Mideast leaders. Mr. Clinton spoke on the telephone twice with Israeli Prime Minister Barak, he spoke once with Palestinian leader Arafat on Monday. A senior administration official said Monday that the next 48 hours were going to be critical in the decision of whether or not Mr. Clinton would bring the leaders together in the Washington area. This official telling CNN that Mr. Clinton would have to rely on his, quote, "political sixth sense" to decide whether or not it would be wise -- or bringing the leaders today would result in a breakthrough agreement. Because U.S. officials have made it clear that they would only bring the leaders together if they saw real progress on the difficult issues, and if they thought a breakthrough agreement was possible. The Israelis and the Palestinians have been working on trying to reach a final comprehensive peace deal by September 13th. But the most difficult, the thorniest, the most pressing issues still need to be resolved, those include the fate of the Palestinian refugees, the status of Jerusalem, and also what the borders of any Palestinian state would look like -- Daryn.</s>KAGAN: Kelly Wallace, at the White House, thank you.
Clinton Expected to Announce Mideast Summit