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...Where is the invitation? [Israeli Premier Yitzhak] Rabin is still saying he is not ready to think of Geneva if the Palestinians participate. But this is not a question of an Arafat state but of a Palestinian state. We are an important element in this area. Nobody can ignore this if he is looking for a solution...
Some Israelis were angered that their government had allowed the Arabs to seize the initiative. In a surprisingly harsh attack on Premier Yitzhak Rabin, Tel Aviv's popular afternoon daily Yidiot Aharonot portrayed "Sadat, the tongue-tied illiterate" as "setting the world's imagination on fire," while Israel's leaders "with their perfect English" always seem to lag far behind. Concluded the editorial: "Would that we had such boors" as Sadat. Rabin indicated that he was ready to negotiate with Arab leaders, but otherwise the response from Israeli officials was skeptical and even derisive in tone...
...Arabs, the Israelis were plainly worried about Syrian troop movements in Lebanon. Although Defense Minister Shimon Peres acknowledged that Syria had not yet crossed the "red line" (the undefined demarcation point, usually considered to be the Litani River, beyond which Israel feels its security would be threatened), Rabin's government issued several tough warnings to Syria to stay out of the sensitive area and dispatched a show of reinforcements to the border...
...Sadat can make peace with TIME if he wants to," said Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin, glancing at a copy of the magazine's interview with the Egyptian President (TIME, Nov. 29). "But if he wants peace in the Middle East, he must do it with us." In a conversation last week with Jerusalem Bureau Chief Donald Neff and Correspondent David Halevy, Rabin said that he is ready to negotiate "any time, any place, with any Arab leader." He also explained the reasons for Israel's strong warnings to Syria last week and reaffirmed its opposition to Palestinian representation...
...task ahead of Rabin would be huge, though. Political maneuvering and a massive informational campaign might be needed in order to make such a proposal acceptable to the populace. But the task is not impossible, and the potential benefits of such a proposal could be immense...