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BILL CLINTON HAS SAID HE IS DETERMINED TO BRING THE BEST people into his Administration no matter where he finds them. Quiet discussions immediately after the election dramatically demonstrate his strategy. According to sources close to the situation, Clinton representatives approached Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to see what he would think if Clinton chose JAMES BAKER as his special envoy to manage the Middle East peace talks. Rabin applauded the notion, especially since Baker would lend vital continuity to the delicate negotiations. Baker is said to be fully aware of the exchange...
...first time, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said his government was ready to trade land for peace with Syria, "and this means a readiness for some sort of territorial compromise." Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Shara says an offer to return only part of the heights "is unacceptable." But Israel hints that a deal may result. "It's the first time that there's been a real exchange of opinions," says Rabin. "It's without precedent...
There was even a sign of possible progress on what has been one of the most intractable of all Middle East issues: the Golan Heights. Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir had insisted that the area was so vital to Israel's security that Jerusalem could never give the tiniest bit back to Syria. But his successor, Yitzhak Rabin, says the principle of trading land for peace applies to the area, and Israel need not "cling to every single centimeter...
Israeli and Palestinian human-rights groups charge that the force used is excessive. Three weeks ago, Education Minister Shulamit Aloni, whose leftist Meretz Party is part of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's governing coalition, said she was "opposed in principle to 18- or 19-year-old boys' passing judgment on Palestinians and then carrying out death sentences against them...
George Bush's relief that Yitzhak Rabin is now Prime Minister of Israel is genuine, and the President is eager to reward every accommodating step that Israel takes. The withholding of U.S. loan guarantees earlier this year after the Jewish state refused to freeze its settlements in the occupied territories guaranteed a lengthy chill in relations between Bush and Yitzhak Shamir. The only graceful exit from this impasse seemed a defeat of Shamir's Likud at the polls. Since that is exactly what happened, Bush took pains at a Kennebunkport summit last week to emphasize his warm feelings for Rabin...