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...Shevardnadze's journey actually did little to nudge the mired peace process, it helped the Soviets gain a larger role in the region. Even the Israelis seemed to accept their presence, despite long-standing fears that a higher Soviet profile could bring unwanted pressures to bear. Said Galia Golan, a professor at Hebrew University: "Israel is treating the Soviet Union as virtually a factor equal to the United States...
...Eitan Golan, who headed the Israeli police team that questioned the hijackers, said one of them, whom he did not identify, threatened to commit suicide if he was returned to the Soviet Union...
...Golan also quoted the hijackers as saying they chose Israel for asylum because they knew Israel and the Soviet Union lacked diplomatic ties and they counted on the fact that Israel would not hand them over...
...Golan said the hijackers seemed nervous but cooperated fully with investigators...
...April to inaugurate the peace process; talks between Israel and a Jordanian-Palestinian delegation beginning in May to arrange for elections and a degree of self-rule in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip; negotiations starting in December for final disposition of all occupied territories, including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, which Israel has annexed. Shultz, who presented the plan to Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Syria, wants at least a positive sign of interest from all four countries by next week, when Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir is scheduled to visit Washington...