Word: farouk
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...that the missing link to a true Middle East peace -- an Israeli-Syrian agreement -- may be in the offing: Secretary of State Warren Christopher announced he'd be making a trip or two to the region to help encourage a deal. How serious is the recalcitrant Syria? Foreign Minister Farouk ash-Shara' is due in Washington for talks on the topic early next month. A brokered peace could seriously boost Christopher's portfolio, made weaker by former President Jimmy Carter's roving diplomacy...
...Arafat's closest associates -- Farouk Kaddoumi and Mahmoud Abbas -- decided to stay on at P.L.O. headquarters in Tunis rather than join the new Authority in the territories. They are not convinced that Arafat will ever delegate responsibility. Another adviser says, "He wants to be the leader of a Palestinian state just like all the other Arab leaders whose authority is absolute...
...only surprise Washington but produce the biggest breakthrough in Middle East negotiations since Anwar Sadat made peace with Menachem Begin in 1979. Only about two dozen people were aware of the proceedings. Within the Israeli Cabinet, just two people knew; among the Palestinians, even the P.L.O.'s foreign minister, Farouk Kaddoumi, was kept in the dark...
...Assad. You don't represent Assad, and you are not Prime Minister of Israel. Unfortunately, the Syrian position as it was expressed by Foreign Minister Farouk Shara -- "total withdrawal for total peace" -- is not very clear. I don't know what total peace is. I do know what total withdrawal is. It is not limited to Syria and Israel. It also concerns the West Bank and the Gaza Strip...
...first time, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said his government was ready to trade land for peace with Syria, "and this means a readiness for some sort of territorial compromise." Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Shara says an offer to return only part of the heights "is unacceptable." But Israel hints that a deal may result. "It's the first time that there's been a real exchange of opinions," says Rabin. "It's without precedent...