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...Israeli perception is basically correct. Ever since his Clinton, Mass., call last March for a Palestinian "homeland," Jimmy Carter has become more and more convinced that the Palestinian issue is, as President Hafez Assad of Syria calls it, "the mother question" in the Middle East...
...final Syrian checkpoint is at Zahrani, twelve miles north of the Litani River. There a large color poster of President Hafez Assad beams down at the red-bereted paratroopers. South of the checkpoint the road is deserted. The fields are desolate, showing no sign of care or life. Even the crows have flown to richer lands...
Home and familiar surroundings are a comforting thought to some students. Alfredo Assad '79 is going to the Fieldston Homecoming Centennial in New York, where he will see his teachers and "release...
...Syrian soldiers on peace-keeping duty in devastated Beirut were said to have picked up the disease and carried it back to Damascus and their native villages. That may be true, but the rapid spread of the disease did not speak well for Syrian medicine and sanitation. Indeed, President Assad rebuked his health authorities for their poor performance. They responded by closing swimming pools, public beaches, fruit juice and ice cream parlors, and many restaurants. Proprietors of the restaurants that remained open were warned that any violation of food laws could mean immediate imprisonment. To add to the troubles, Syria...
Palestinians On this "mother issue," as Syria's President Hafez Assad calls it, the two sides seemed wider apart than ever. The Arabs insist on Palestinian representation in Geneva. But Begin last week reiterated Israel's refusal to deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization, which he called a group of "demented genocidists...