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...other peace track is supposed to be with Syria, but here too Netanyahu has thrown up daunting obstacles. Forget land for peace, he says: Damascus can have peace for peace. Labor and the U.S. have operated on the principle that Syrian President Hafez Assad wants above all to regain the Golan Heights taken by Israel in 1967. But Labor's offer to hand back the territory if sufficient security arrangements could be worked out was not enough to tempt Assad into giving Israel the full, open peace it demanded in return. Netanyahu thinks Assad might be persuaded to stop harboring...
...peace deal might actually satisfy both Assad and Netanyahu, it would not suit Clinton at all. His Administration has devoted tremendous time and effort to brokering an Israeli-Syrian treaty. In Washington's view, it is an essential step in permanently unwinding the tensions of the region--not to mention an opportunity to demonstrate Clinton's credentials as a statesman in an election year. Now the State Department rules out reviving negotiations at least until after the U.S. vote...
...Arab world come to terms with the election of Benjamin Netanyahu as the next prime minister of Israel, they have begun mapping out their strategies on dealing with what may prove to be a much tougher Israeli government. After meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Damascus on Monday, Syrian President Hafez Assad told reporters that he will not commit to peace talks with Israel until he learns more about the positions of Israel's new prime minister. "We have to be fully alert and on guard," said the Syrian president. Other Arab leaders are expressing similar misgivings. Palestinian leader...
...legitimate act of resistance" is also unjustified. The Lebanese people are not leading the fight against Israeli occupation. In fact, Hezbollah, the group leading this noble resistance, is an element foreign to Lebanon. According to CIA and U.S. Navy profiles of this terrorist organization, Hezbollah is an Iranian- and Syrian-sponsored group of fundamentalist Shia Muslims that has carried out horrific attacks on civilians of the world. Hezbollah is widely believed to be behind the 1983 truck bombing that killed 241 Americans in Beirut. It was also responsible for the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. Contrary...
JERUSALEM: Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres announced a cease-fire in Israeli's deadly conflict with Hizballah. The announcement comes after Christopher conducted an intense week of diplomatic shuttle missions with Peres, Syrian President Hafez Assad and Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Christopher said that the today's agreement goes beyond the 1993 verbal agreement between Hizballah and Israel not to shell civilians on either side of the Lebanese-Israeli border. Under the deal, Hizballah will halt attacks into northern Israel, while Israel will not target civilian areas in Lebanon. A sticking point...