Word: assads
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...terrorist cells, though it's not clear that they need any more money for general consumption. Helping the Palestinians could also be an important step in pressuring Syria to maintain peaceful relations with Israel. The Syrians are also in territorial negotiations with the Israelis, though Prime Minister Hafez el-Assad has always seemed more amenable to another...
...Israelis and Palestinians trudge toward accommodation, hope for progress shone on another front as well. Visiting Syria last weekend, Christopher delivered to President Hafez Assad a step-by-step Israeli proposal for withdrawal from the Golan Heights in exchange for normal relations between the two states. Israel, which says the extent of its withdrawal will depend on the depth of peace with Syria, would like to stretch the process out for seven to 10 years...
According to U.S. diplomats, Assad wants to reach an agreement by the end of the year. With that in mind, American and Israeli officials began discussing what security assistance Washington might provide its ally to compensate for loss of the strategic Heights. That was a good sign that a resolution on the Golan, as with the Gaza Strip and West Bank, was moving from the hypothetical to the real...
...Assad's performance in Geneva may help speed talks between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization on bringing Palestinian rule to Jericho and the Gaza Strip. Peres and P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat were due to meet again at the end of last week in Norway. And if Syria is back on track, Jordan cannot be far behind. Clinton, Assad and Rabin do agree on one point: they would like 1994 to be the year for a breakthrough on peace in the whole Middle East...
Syrian President Hafez Assad, meeting with President Clinton in Geneva, said his country seeks "normal, peaceful" relations with Israel -- under certain conditions. Among them is the complete return of the Golan Heights, which Israel captured in 1967. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said that before a substantial Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights could be considered, his government would hold a national referendum on the subject. Israel plans to resume peace talks with Syria this week in Washington...