BARAK AGAIN URGES CLINTON FOR 'GREEN LIGHT'

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has again urged theUnited States for its approval to launch an offensive against the UnitedStates. Barak spoke to President Bill Clinton twice over Sunday and early Mondayamid heavy fighting between Israeli and Palestinian Authority forces aroundJerusalem. PA gunners targeted homes in the southern Jerusalem neighborhoodof Gilo and 19 homes were damaged in four hours of fighting.