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...Middle East peace talks were back on track. But by week's end squabbles over the terms of Palestinian self-rule in Jericho and the Gaza Strip had once more brought things to a halt. Exasperated by splits between his Foreign and Defense ministries, Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin speculated that the present deadlock could last at least another three or four weeks...
...With old rumors persisting that current Secretary Warren Christopher's position is shaky, Brown seems to be building his resume. Instead of seeing simply trade ministers on his trips abroad, Brown has in the past few months met with a series of dignitaries and heads of state, such as Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat, Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk...
Today, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres will speak in Memorial Hall to an audience of nearly 1,000 students. On the occasion of his address, I cannot help but recall hearing Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's refrain at last September's ceremony in Washington: "Enough of blood and tears. Enough!" I and the 40 other students watching the ceremony with me at Hillel were moved by Rabin's noble words on behalf of peace...
That perception was not lost in Jerusalem. Already torn over the wisdom of engaging in a negotiation that will require Israel to give up most or all of the Golan Heights at a time when Israelis are still digesting territorial concessions to the Palestinians, the government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was looking for a bolder, plainer statement of Syrian intentions. The usually optimistic Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, found the public remarks "too positive to be disappointing, but too general to be satisfactory...
Syrian President Hafez Assad, meeting with President Clinton in Geneva, said his country seeks "normal, peaceful" relations with Israel -- under certain conditions. Among them is the complete return of the Golan Heights, which Israel captured in 1967. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said that before a substantial Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights could be considered, his government would hold a national referendum on the subject. Israel plans to resume peace talks with Syria this week in Washington...