Word: golan
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Rabin has made it clear that he is willing to make withdrawals in the Sinai in return for Egyptian political concessions in the nature of a non-belligerency pact or a demilitarization of the territory. Withdrawal in the Golan Heights presents a more difficult problem because of the great tactical advantage the Golan Heights would give to the Syrian army, traditionally the most virulently anti-Israeli of the bordering Arab states...
...peace treaty in return for Israeli withdrawals, and believes the Rabin policy of piecemeal withdrawals in return for minor political concessions will only give the Arabs a greater military advantage in the event of another war. Likud is also more strongly against withdrawl in the West Bank or Golan Heights than is the Labor Alignment...
...think Egypt will give any political concessions," says Avidor. "Without a peace" treaty, why should we withdraw? Even then, I don't think we should withdraw from the Golan Heights or the West Bank...
...weeks, the group had little time to take in the beauty of the region. But even seen in passing, some sights linger: the minarets and mosques of Cairo, Jerusalem's Wailing Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the Sea of Galilee gleaming beneath the war-ravaged Golan. It was a crucial time to visit the Middle East, and the Americans came away guardedly optimistic that peace and prosperity, which seem so near in the region, may soon be achieved...
...Congress, are complex and intricate, but they are not the problems of the Arabs. We have an Israeli occupation. Is it legal or illegal? We should be talking the same language. A new withdrawal in the Sinai will not solve the problem, nor will a withdrawal in the Golan Heights and the West Bank...