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Israel and Syria agreed to renew their peace negotiations on Dec. 27. The talks, which broke down last summer, could lead Syria to recognize Israeli sovereignty and security in exchange for the Golan Heights. Also, Israel pulled out of Nablus, the largest town in the West Bank, 48 hours ahead of schedule in order to prevent confrontations with Palestinians...
...Congress today, "to yield to no threat, to stop at no obstacle in negotiating the hurdles ahead, in seeking security for our people, peace for our land, tranquility for our region." The next step in the Middle East peace process: Syria, where negotiations over the control of the Golan Heights remain deadlocked. After a six month absence while working on the Bosnia peace plan, Secretary of State Warren Christopher will return his attention to the Middle East, departing Thursday for Damascus, Jerusalem, Egypt and the West Bank. TIME's Johanna McGeary says Peres thinks Christopher may be able...
...with all its faults, The Twilight of the Golds deserves a meaningful look. It'll tick you off for a number of reasons, make you laugh (listen for the planting trees in Golan Heights joke) and maybe shed some tears When it originally opened in New York two years ago, one woman found the play so moving that she look out an ad in the Times in an effort to raise money to keep the production afloat for as long as possible. If nothing else, The Twilight of the Golds is a gripping story, important and timeless, it seems, with...
Syria rejected an Israeli demand for athree-year test of peaceful relations before it withdraws from the Golan Heights, then suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was seeking toundermine peace talksscheduled for June 27 in Washington. "Israel has resumed the policy of maneuvering and scattered the wave of optimism . . . and put all peace efforts exerted by the international community in jeopardy," Syria's official government daily, Tishrin, wrote today.TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyersays the statement contradicts positive signals that Syrian President Hafez Assad has sent through diplomatic channels in the wake of Secretary of State Warren Christopher...
...gone virtually nowhere for more than three years, inched toward common ground, agreeing last week to a shared set of principles to guide their talks. According to Israeli officials, the two sides for the first time have reached an implicit understanding that Israel will withdraw completely from the occupied Golan Heights. "To remain on the Golan Heights," declared Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, "is to give up on peace." Military experts from both sides will meet in Washington in late June to talk further...