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...Breakthrough on Golan...
...Israelis and Palestinians trudge toward accommodation, hope for progress shone on another front as well. Visiting Syria last weekend, Christopher delivered to President Hafez Assad a step-by-step Israeli proposal for withdrawal from the Golan Heights in exchange for normal relations between the two states. Israel, which says the extent of its withdrawal will depend on the depth of peace with Syria, would like to stretch the process out for seven to 10 years...
...diplomats, Assad wants to reach an agreement by the end of the year. With that in mind, American and Israeli officials began discussing what security assistance Washington might provide its ally to compensate for loss of the strategic Heights. That was a good sign that a resolution on the Golan, as with the Gaza Strip and West Bank, was moving from the hypothetical to the real...
Rabin Says Golan Negotiable
...Cabinet ministers. Rabin has told his inner Cabinet that the U.S. is working to create a loose alliance of countries in the Middle East to counterbalance Iran and Iraq. Thus, normalized relations between Israel and Syria are of primary importance. Says the source: "Rabin will give the entire Golan Heights back to the Syrians. As difficult as it is, he's made up his mind...