If true, the development throws into doubt a summit meeting planned for Thursday in Egypt, which Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak were to have attended.
Clinton on Saturday offered negotiators suggestions for reaching an agreement, and gave Israel and the PA until Wednesday to reply. He later adjusted the deadline.
Israel TV reported that Arafat, who is due to give his answer to the proposals to the U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, would say "no" to Clinton's proposals and "no" to ending the conflict with Israel.
Israeli officials were reportedly "shocked" at the news, because earlier indications suggested the PA would accept the compromise proposals.
For his part, Barak is due to submit Israel's response Thursday, after late-night consultations with his inner Cabinet.
It is unclear whether the scheduled summit in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort will go ahead. It was to be the first face-to-face meeting between Barak and Arafat since the latest wave of violence broke out in September.
Both men face stiff opposition at home to Clinton's proposals. They are widely seen here as the outgoing president's last chance for achieving a foreign policy triumph and establish a legacy before leaving office.
The administration has indicated it will not accept too many alterations to the proposals. But both sides have serious concerns about certain elements.
The proposals include recommendations on the most explosive issues dividing Israel and the Palestinians: Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees, Jewish settlements and final borders.
Most contentious for Israelis is the proposal that Israel cede its sovereignty over parts of its capital, including the Temple Mount, historical site of the Jewish temples and now the location of two important mosques.
Several ministers in Barak's Cabinet have said they cannot support the relinquishing of sovereignty over the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism.
"I don't understand why we have to give up [sovereignty] on the Temple Mount," Culture Minister Matan Vilnai said in a radio interview. "Our sovereignty there is unambiguous. ... The Temple Mount is a fundamental symbol of our presence here in the state of Israel."
Clinton's plan apparently calls for PA control of the compound atop the mount, while Israel would retain control of the area beneath, including the Western Wall and archeological remains of its two biblical temples.
A PA-appointed Muslim authority already runs affairs on the plateau. It rejected the U.S. proposals Wednesday, repeating its view that the Jews have no connection to the Temple Mount area.
The PA, meanwhile, is unhappy with the fact the proposals do not include the "right of return" for 4 million Palestinians whose families left Israel in 1948 and claim refugee status.
Israel says absorbing millions of Palestinians would effectively wipe out the Jewish character of the state.
Clinton's proposals also call on Israel to surrender more than 95 percent of the disputed territories, displacing tens of thousands of Israelis who live there.
Senior PA negotiator Saeb Erekat said the PA was considering the proposals and consulting with Arab and European nations. Arafat had sent Clinton a letter asking for clarification on some points, he added.
Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami said in a radio interview that Israel, too, had "many reservations" about the compromises it was being called on to make.
Barak said, "In many aspects it [the proposal] goes beyond what we feel possible." However, if Arafat accepts it, Israel could not afford to be cast as the side "who does not want to try to achieve peace."
More than half of Israeli and Palestinian participants in separate public opinion polls have expressed their opposition to Clinton's ideas.
In an independent Palestinian poll, published in the Ha'aretz newspaper, 52 percent of Palestinian respondents opposed negotiations with Israel, while 39 percent favored the talks.
Of Israelis surveyed in a Jerusalem Post poll, 52 percent said they were against a deal based on U.S. proposals, while 38 percent backed them.
The official Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayyam said in an editorial that like American fast food, Clinton's plan was "very unhealthy, despite its tempting wrapper."
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