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- <title>
- Sep. 21, 1992: Some Land for Peace
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Sep. 21, 1992 Hollywood & Politics
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK
- WORLD, Page 17
- Some Land for Peace
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- <p>Israel signals that it is ready to make a territorial deal with
- Syria
- </p>
- <p> 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.
- </p>
- <p> 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."
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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