<P> Bush and Baker were thus instrumental in convening the Madrid peace conference in October 1991 and in persuading all the parties to engage in the subsequent peace negotiations . It was reported widely that the Bush Administration did not share an amicable relationship with the Likud government of Yitzhak Shamir . However, the Israeli government did win the repeal of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, which equated Zionism with racism . After the conference, in December 1991, the UN passed United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46 / 86; Israel had made revocation of resolution 3379 a condition of its participation in the Madrid peace conference . After the Labor party won the 1992 election, US--Israel relations appeared to improve . The Labor coalition approved a partial housing construction freeze in the occupied territories on 19 July, something the Shamir government had not done despite Bush Administration appeals for a freeze as a condition for the loan guarantees . </P> <P> Israel and the PLO exchanged letters of mutual recognition on 10 September, and signed the Declaration of Principles on 13 September 1993 . President Bill Clinton announced on 10 September that the United States and the PLO would reestablish their dialogue . On 26 October 1994, President Clinton witnessed the Jordan--Israeli peace treaty signing, and President Clinton, Egyptian President Mubarak, and King Hussein of Jordan witnessed the White House signing of the 28 September 1995, Interim Agreement between Israel and the Palestinians . </P> <P> President Clinton attended the funeral of assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Jerusalem in November 1995 . Following a March 1996 visit to Israel, President Clinton offered $100 million in aid for Israel's anti-terror activities, another $200 million for Arrow anti-missile deployment, and about $50 million for an anti-missile laser weapon . President Clinton disagreed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policy of expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied territories, and it was reported that the President believed that the Prime Minister delayed the peace process . President Clinton hosted negotiations at the Wye River Conference Center in Maryland, ending with the signing of an agreement on 23 October 1998 . Israel suspended implementation of the Wye agreement in early December 1998, when the Palestinians violated the Wye Agreement by threatening to declare a state (Palestinian statehood was not mentioned in Wye). In January 1999, the Wye Agreement was delayed until the Israeli elections in May . </P> <P> Ehud Barak was elected Prime Minister on 17 May 1999, and won a vote of confidence for his government on 6 July 1999 . President Clinton and Prime Minister Barak appeared to establish close personal relations during four days of meetings between 15 and 20 July . President Clinton mediated meetings between Prime Minister Barak and Chairman Arafat at the White House, Oslo, Shepherdstown, Camp David, and Sharm al - Shaykh in the search for peace . </P>

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