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JERUSALEM: After his attempts to bring Syrian President Hafez Assad to the negotiating table were briskly rebuffed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to turn to the U.S. for help. State Department spokesman Glyn Davies announced Wednesday that the U.S. will act as a go-between and send an Israeli offer of peace talks without preconditions to the Syrian government. Davies said the U.S. was trying to facilitate contacts between the two sides so that negotiations over the status of the Golan Heights can resume. "Netanyahu is trying to make sure he's not blamed because the talks...
...mutual trust between the two leaders," reports TIME's Jamil Hamad from Jerusalem. "They have known each other for some time and the two have met secretly several times. There are Israeli reports they've met twice since Netanyahu's election in late May." Hussein met with Syrian President Hafez Assad last weekend to discuss Israeli suggestions for an agreement under which Israeli troops could withdraw from Lebanon. -->