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Israel's old Arab enemies are anxious to continue the peace discussions inaugurated by Kissinger's Middle East shuttles earlier this year. Syria last week made new demands for Israel to continue its withdrawal from the Golan Heights. Jordan would like to start disengagement talks on the future of the West Bank, similar to those that Israel has held with Syria and Egypt...
Rabin reiterated his opposition to talks with King Hussein as a next step to peace. For one thing, in the Israeli view, there is no need to discuss disengagement, since Israeli troops are not eyeball to eyeball with the Jordanians as they were with Arab forces on the Golan and in Sinai. For another, such discussions would be politically awkward at home. Rabin's fragile coalition is governing Israel with a parliamentary majority of one. If Rabin were to negotiate with Jordan, his coalition might be toppled by the right wing of his own Labor Party, which agrees with...
...noticeably since Kissinger's earlier efforts. The estimate until recently was that the two sides might be able to meet in Geneva before year's end to conclude a peace pact. But nothing substantive has happened since May, when Syria and Israel agreed to disengagement on the Golan Heights. The revised estimate, as a result, is that it will be at least six months before any of the parties reach Geneva...
...current round robin of conferences-as well as another brief Kissinger visit to the Middle East, scheduled for early October-can find solutions, the Middle East will soon be faced with a crisis date. In November the initial six-month tour of United Nations peace-keeping forces on the Golan Heights expires...
...United Nations Disengagement Observer Force were killed when their Land Rover exploded a mine-Syria and Israel last week completed the separation of forces specified by their cease-fire agreement. Syria recovered not only all the territory it lost in the October fighting, but also Quneitra, the Golan Heights provincial capital that Israel has held since '67. The recovery of the ruined city-a symbol of Damascus' determination to win back all the land it lost to Israel in the Six-Day War-touched off a day of emotional national celebration. TIME Correspondent Karsten Prager accompanied the exuberant...