NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: The headline out of Tuesday's Clinton-Arafat meeting at the White House: Arafat conditionally accepts the U.S. peace talk proposal. Joining us now with more is CNN State Department correspondent Andrea Koppel -- Andrea.</s>ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN STATE DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENT: Natalie, President Clinton briefed the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, on Yasser Arafat's conditional acceptance of this peace deal earlier today. Now the question is whether or not the Israeli leader will believe that based on these reservations it makes sense to have another high-level round of peace talks before President Clinton leaves office later this month. Now, the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, is now en route to Cairo. He had three hours worth of talks on Tuesday with President Clinton, and now plans to brief Arab foreign ministers on those discussions, Palestinian sources saying while Chairman Arafat has conditionally accepted this peace plan, he has five major reservations, among them whether or not the Palestinians would not only give sovereignty over one of holiest sides in the Old City of Jerusalem, but also would have sovereignty over the base, over the land on which this holy site is built. In addition, Palestinian refugees wanting to know that the Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon would get priority on return to a Palestinian homeland. Now, after President Clinton spoke with Ehud Barak, Mr. Barak went into what's known as a Cabinet, a peace Cabinet meeting, and Israeli officials have said they will get back to President Clinton, that the prime minister will call President Clinton, Natalie, sometime today, to give him his final word, or at least the word of his team, as to whether or not, this conditional acceptance by Arafat is something that makes sense for them to move forward on -- Natalie.</s>ALLEN: Much happening there, and we'll wait to hear for the developments -- thanks, Andrea Koppel, at the State Department.
Conflict in the Middle East: Arafat Conditionally Accepts Peace Talk Proposal