Saturday, December 12, 1998 Published at 18:32 GMT
World: Middle East
Anger at West Bank deaths
The Palestinian teenagers were throwing stones when shot by Israeli troops
Thousands of mourners have taken part in the funerals of two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank on Friday.
The Palestinian leadership has protested at what it said was the firing of live rounds into crowds engaged in peaceful protest.
Clashes over the prisoner issue have cast a shadow over US President Bill Clinton's three-day visit.
Palestinian and Israeli forces, reinforced by US security teams, are on high alert in preparation for the visit. Correspondents say traffic and normal life in Jerusalem is expected to grind to a halt when he arrives.
On Friday, Mr Netanyahu reiterated his conditions for resuming the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank.
He told Israeli television that the Palestine National Council must take a formal vote to cancel clauses in its charter calling for Israel's destruction. The Palestinians have said no vote is necessary.
President Clinton will visit Gaza on Monday, an event which Israeli right-wingers protest amounts to a symbolic US endorsement of a Palestinian state.
"The issue of the Palestinian state, as we have said many, many times, is not an issue that is going to be declared unilaterally or be strengthened by various symbols," Mrs Albright said.
Controversial prisoner issue
Israel says it agreed at Wye to release 750 Palestinian prisoners in three groups over three months but has insisted that none should have "blood on their hands".
Mrs Albright said the prisoner dispute needed to be dealt with through the proper channels.
"The Israelis have done what they said they would do and I do think that it's important here for us to be able to help them resolve this sensitive issue through the proper channels," she said.