Bill Clinton: “I told them that the position--I told them what I've always told you in public. I'll tell you the exact words I used. I…”

“I told them that the position--I told them what I've always told you in public. I'll tell you the exact words I used. I said, ``My position has not changed on that issue. But my position is also that the United States and other countries should refrain from intervening in these peace talks between the parties themselves. And part of the Declaration of Principles between Israel and the PLO was that the disposition of that issue would be a so-called final status issue to be resolved at the end of the talks. And I have respected that process.'' So I have made it clear that the United States has not changed it's position. The way we handled the resolution on the Hebron massacre in the U.N. gave us the opportunity to make that clear again. But we are trying to get these peace talks going, and we are going to let the parties make their decisions for the future of the Mid- dle East on their own, and we are going to do everything we can to facilitate it. News Conference”