Word: golan
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...calling for negotiation of an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, Bush not only proposed action opposed by virtually the entire political spectrum in Israel, but also called into question policies that could greatly threaten Israel's existence...
...president and his advisers wouldn't have to live in the Golan valley, in constant fear of a Syrian artillery attack from above. The Israelis are the ones who must live with the consequences of the negotiations...
Syria: The most truculent -- wants Israel to cede "every inch of Arab land occupied by the Israelis by war and force," particularly the Golan Heights, in return for a state of nonbelligerency. Damascus refuses to participate in regional talks until Israel demonstrates a willingness to return occupied territory. Assad has vowed to strike no separate deals with Israel, and is exhorting other Arab delegations to take the same position...
...also include the Gulf Cooperation Council, representing states such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that have no territorial controversies with Israel -- are to run concurrently with the bilateral talks between Israel and its adversaries on such matters as disputed territory, including the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. The idea is to convince both sides that neither is a demon and that however envenomed the territorial disputes become, they can still reach accommodation on other issues. Israelis, or so goes the reasoning, especially need to be convinced that the Arab world is ready to live with...
Syria, however, objected to such talks for fear that Israel would pocket any concessions it made without giving ground toward returning the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in the 1967 war. If President Hafez Assad is really backing out now, the other Arabs might follow suit. But he appeared primarily to be laying down a marker -- no agreement on anything without a return of the Golan -- and building pressure on the U.S. to push Israel...