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- THE WEEK WORLD, Page 17Some Land for Peace
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- Israel signals that it is ready to make a territorial deal with
- Syria
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- Almost everyone involved in the Middle East peace talks assumes
- that optimism is probably unwarranted and possibly unwise.
- Nevertheless, Israel and Syria are putting out signals that have
- even veteran skeptics paying close attention. Officials in
- Jerusalem said last week they were preparing a negotiating paper
- that would offer Syria a deal on the Golan Heights in return for
- a formal peace treaty.
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- For the 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."
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