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...cleared minefield on the Israeli-Jordanian border. Addressing, separately, the Jordanian and Israeli parliaments. Visiting U.S. troops in Kuwait. Hobnobbing in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasser Arafat, in Saudi Arabia with King Fahd and in Damascus with Syrian President Hafez Assad. Looking very presidential throughout, no doubt, and maybe winning more votes for Democratic candidates than he could have by campaigning at home...
President Clinton, continuing his plunge as diplomat-in-chief on this week'sMiddle Easttour, said Syrian President Hafez Assad "went beyond anything he said before" on peace with Israel in a three-hour meeting. The president then raced from Damascus to Jerusalem, where he told lawmakers in the Knesset: "I went there convinced we needed to add new energy to the talks and I'm convinced now that we have."TIME correspondent Lara Marlowe, in the Syrian capital, says, however, that Assad's offer of "full peace" if Israel first withdraws from the disputed Golan Heights is something...
...Middle East. Peace between Israel and most of its Arab neighbors now seems inevitable. But to be truly stable, the process must include Syria, the hostile power to Israel's north and the de facto ruler of Lebanon. The crucial next decision is up to Syrian President Hafez Assad, who sits brooding in Damascus as the self-proclaimed embodiment of Arab nationalism. Will he join the trend or try to resist...
Israel blames the wave of violence on Iran and the Islamic radical groups it supports. But Assad's laissez-faire attitude toward them, especially Hizballah, the main militant organization based in Lebanon, makes it easier for them to operate. Discussing attacks on Israeli occupation forces in southern Lebanon by Hizballah last week, Rabin noted, "If you ask me if Syria can place limits on Hizballah's activities, I will say yes." But does Syria want to use this power? "My answer is: In a very limited...
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Saturday: "Assad had the possibility to be either first or last (in the peace process). And when he lost the option to be first it seems to me that the option that interests him is to be last...