Word: assad
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...determine what the principals are thinking, deputy managing editor John Stacks and Karsten Prager, managing editor of TIME International, joined Cairo bureau chief Dean Fischer, correspondent William Dowell and reporter Lara Marlowe for an interview with Assad at the presidential palace on a mountaintop overlooking Damascus. Later, Fischer, Dowell and reporter Robert Slater met with Rabin at his office in Jerusalem. Almost as important as what the two men said was the moderate, relatively rancor-free tone of their responses. That alone is progress...
...Assad and Rabin discuss the intricacies of peace...
...suggest a meeting with President Assad...
...President Sadat of Egypt made a historic breakthrough in 1977 when he put an end to war and convinced both Egyptians and Israelis that he was ready to make peace. He broke down the walls of suspicion and prejudice. Today President Assad is not ready to do 2% of what Sadat did to convince Israel that he is ready to take unexpected or unusual steps to achieve peace. I said that I do not believe we can achieve peace without a meeting between the top political leaders of the two countries, because peace by correspondence has no meaning...
...Many Arabs feel Sadat sacrificed his life by visiting Jerusalem and defying the rest of the Arab world. Is there another gesture Assad could make to prove his sincerity...