Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has issued an ultimatum to Yasser Arafat: bring an end to violence in the next two days or the peace process will be dead. But in New York, the U.N. Security Council is stalled over a resolution condemning Israel for provoking the riots of the past week, and using excessive force. From Jerusalem, NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks to host Jacki Lyden with the latest.
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