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There was nothing essentially new in the Arab League position, which was not regarded as moderate in Israel. Nonetheless, some observers of the meeting note that the wording of the paper could have been far stronger. Syria's Foreign Minister, Abdel Halim Khaddam, argued that the delegates should propose Israel's expulsion from the U.N. and the adoption of sanctions against the Jewish state. But even the "rejectionist" Iraqis admitted that it was not practical to crack down hard on the Israelis. Thus they backed the moderate stance of Egypt, which was subtly supported by Saudi Arabia, whose...
Although Brown conferred with a wide range of Christian and Moslem leaders (including President Franjieh), the man principally responsible for arranging the freeze was Syrian President Hafez Assad. He was greatly embarrassed by the collapse of the January 23 cease-fire arranged by his Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam. Assad's government launched a diplomatic offensive to get Jumblatt's forces to stop fighting...
...many sectarian factions. The truce had promised reforms that would give the predominant Moslems a larger share of political power and economic programs to develop impoverished Moslem areas. Since January there has been virtually no progress toward these goals, despite intense mediation efforts by Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam, principal architect of the truce. Though Khaddam wields enormous influence in Lebanon, based largely on the presence there of close to 9,000 Syrian-trained soldiers of the Palestine Liberation Army, he was unable to force an end to what Beirut newspapers regularly deplore as their country's "political...
...Khaddam flew to Beirut early last week, but left after a few days, having failed to come up with a plan upon which Lebanon's political and religious factions could agree. At the same time, mutinous Moslem soldiers rejected an offer of amnesty by a number of senior army officers, including General Saeed. Instead, the Moslem deserters captured several more outposts...
...championship of the Palestinian cause, Syrian domination of Lebanon may prove to be a mixed blessing for the fedayeen. Assad has kept the 17,000-man Palestinian forces inside Syria on a tight rein, denying them the freedom enjoyed by guerrillas in Lebanon. Last week Foreign Minister Khaddam, after a meeting with the Palestine Liberation Organization's Yasser Arafat, gave guarantees to Lebanese Christians that the fedayeen would abide by prior (but mostly ignored) agreements to restrict their military activities within Lebanon. Some observers believe that in future negotiations with Israel, Assad might even promise to restrain the fedayeen...