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TIBERAS, ISRAEL: Standing on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, the leaders of Israel and Jordan looked across the waters toward Damascus and called upon Syria to reach peace with Israel. Secretary of State Warren Christopher joined Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Jordan's King Hussein in inviting Syrian President Hafez Assad to seize what Peres called "the galloping prospect of peace." Christopher on Friday will travel to Damascus to try to persuade Assad to follow Hussein and reach a peace agreement with Israel. "Hussein's visit, his first since Yitzhak Rabin's funeral, is seen...
JERUSALEM: U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry has told Israel and Syria that if both countries make the request, American troops will help secure peace in the Golan Heights following a peace agreement. Although Syria has yet to respond, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres was enthusiastic, asserting that such a force could serve as a symbolic deterrent, not a fighting force. "We have never asked for American soldiers to defend our lives, and we are not going to ask this sort of participation in the future," he said. Dispute over the Golan, which Israel wrested from Syria in the 1967 Mideast...
JERUSALEM: U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry told Israel and Syria that if both countries make the request, American troops will help secure peace in the Golan Heights following a peace agreement. Although Syria has yet to respond, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres was enthusiastic, asserting that such a force could serve as a symbolic deterrent, not a fighting force. "We have never asked for American soldiers to defend our lives, and we are not going to ask this sort of participation in the future," he said. Dispute over the Golan, which Israel wrested from Syria in the 1967 Mideast...
...entirely, and Syrian President Hafez Assad hasn't changed his position one iota. He wants control over the entire Golan Heights region. That means no Israeli presence whatsoever. Assad is very shrewd, and he knows that his place in history is tied to the Golan. Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres has a reputation as more conciliatory than his predecessor Rabin, and he may give Assad what he wants. But unless Syria gets total control over the Golan Heights, there will be no deal." About 13,000 Israelis in 33 settlements live on the Golan Heights. The Golan controls water flowing...
...group, which is headed by Assad. They are afraid of being called traitors for talking with the Israelis. Assad's dilemma is that he does not want to appear to be blocking the peace, but he can't be seen to be bending to the Israelis. Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, on the other hand, needs to establish that he is continuing the peace process. But he's having problems keeping his party together because of the divisiveness of the Golan issue." Talks between Syria and Israel broke down in June because of differences over security arrangements on the Golan...