Egypt, Israel to Exert Every Effort to Make Peace 　　Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said on July 9 that Israel will try to seek every possible way to make peace with its Arab neighbors, adding he needs more time to revive the deadlocked peace process. 　　"We have to make serious efforts backed by the leaders and the peoples of the region to end the 100 years of conflict between Israel and the Arabs," Barak said at a joint press conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. 　　He had a two-hour meeting with Mubarak in Alexandria and left for Israel after the press conference. 　　Barak said he will never compromise Israel's security or give up fighting terrorism, but together with the people of the Middle East "I am determined to make peace." 　　Asked how he will deal with the thorny issues of returning land to the Palestinians, stopping Jewish settlements in Arab areas, withdrawing Israeli forces from Syria's Golan Heights and south Lebanon, Barak said it would be better for him to answer the question at a later time. 　　"You are describing too detailed a map for me at this stage," he said. 　　Mubarak, who said Barak represents a "golden opportunity" for peace, also urged that the moderate leader be given time before he can revive the peace process. 　　"Give the man some time, two months, something like that," Mubarak said. "We should let him take his time to make his own estimation of the whole situation." 　　Barak has scheduled a series of talks beginning with his Friday's trip to Egypt - his first meeting with an Arab leader since winning the May general elections on a platform of making peace. 　　He will meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Sunday at the entrance to the Gaza Strip, Jordan's King Abdullah Bin Hussein in Jordan Tuesday and U.S. President Bill Clinton in Washington at the end of next week. 　　Mubarak, who has played a key role in helping the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, said Barak "quite knows that the Palestinian issue is the core of the conflict." 　　Barak gave the clearest signal that his government will resume the implementation of the Wye accord signed in October between the Palestinians and hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was defeated by Barak in May elections. 　　The accord, which envisages that Israel should have withdrawn from an additional 13.1 percent of the West Bank by the end of January, was suspended in early December last year. 　　"Israel basically abides by its international agreement that has been taken by any previous governments," Barak said. 　　Asked whether his government will evict recent Jewish settlers, Barak said "we are not going to build new settlements and we are not going to dismantle" the old ones. 　　However, the settlement issue should be decided in the final-status talks, he said. 　　According to the Oslo agreements between the Palestinians and Israel, the final status talks, which were designed to tackle the thornist issues such as the fate of Jerusalem, refugees and borders, should have started by May 1996. 　　Barak's government hopes to resume talks simultaneously with the Palestinians and the Syrians. 　　He said he would be glad to meet the Syrian people to convince them about his commitment to making peace. "I can only say that we are determined to turn every stone to find a way to go forward," he said. 　　Peace talks between Israel and Syria have been stalled since 1996. (Xinhua) WorldNews 1999-07-13 Page3 Full Story in Chinese