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...Palestinian problem is another matter. The gulf states are quietly urging Syria to normalize relations with Israel. "Bilateral relations are the way to go," says a Saudi assistant to King Fahd. "Not only because ((Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak)) Shamir won't agree to an international conference, but because we don't want to reward the P.L.O. Syria's revolutionary credentials are impeccable. If Syria comes to terms with Israel, the crazies will be less able to scream. If we ourselves did it, you can bet that Libya and the P.L.O. would move to destabilize...
Whoever speaks for the Palestinians will find Israel a prickly interlocutor. The target of dozens of unprovoked Scud attacks, the Israelis will be in no mood to compromise and may use Saddam's continued leadership as yet another excuse to avoid negotiations. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir put it bluntly last week: "There can be no peace in the region so long as Saddam Hussein remains in power." But Shamir has yet to face the fact that, regardless of Saddam's personal fate, the Middle East will never achieve a lasting peace until Israelis and Palestinians are ready to sit down...
While fending off unwelcome peace probes, Jerusalem intends to transform the widespread sympathy in the U.S. into billions of dollars in additional military and financial aid. Last month Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai estimated that Israel would need $3 billion to cover war-related costs and $7 billion to $10 billion more in grants and loan guarantees over the next five years to help absorb Soviet Jewish immigrants. The angry response in Washington forced Shamir to backpedal furiously, and the figures are now described as mere talking points...
...quite imagine Yitzhak Shamir considering the offer. If there is sufficient international pressure maybe," said Lawrence E. Stager, Dorot professor of the archeaology of Israel. But Stager added he did not foresee such pressure arising...
...cooperative spirit between George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has prompted some Democrats to worry about their domestic standing with Jewish voters. This time it's the Democrats who come off as "wimpy," says a Jewish Democratic activist...