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Bill Clinton believes that stalemate was broken last week in Geneva after he met for more than five hours with Syrian President Hafez Assad. Speaking to the press afterward, Assad declared, "We want a genuine peace which secures the interests of all sides and renders to all their rights. If the leaders of Israel have sufficient courage to respond to this kind of peace, the new era of normal, peaceful relations among all shall dawn." As he flew home, Clinton insisted that Assad's statement was a significant step forward. "I think he has reached a conclusion that...
...they've been waiting to hear -- normal -- then refuse to define it. They fear they will end up giving away strategically crucial territory in return for little more than a cold cessation of hostilities. Officials read heavy meaning into Syria's initial refusal to admit Israeli journalists to the Geneva press conference. Even after Clinton sent two emissaries to Jerusalem to explain his belief that Assad's "normal" actually meant the open borders, tourism, free trade and diplomatic relations Israel seeks, Rabin was unconvinced. "The Americans were stretching things to try to convince themselves and us that Assad was developing...
...Since peace talks were broken off in Brussels on Dec. 23, the Serbs have intensified their artillery attacks on Sarajevo; in a single day last week, they fired 1,353 shells on the besieged capital, the heaviest bombardment in months. Peace talks are scheduled to resume next week in Geneva...
...offer. Mubarak, facing his own troubles with Muslim fundamentalist terrorists, is known to fear a surge in Palestinian support for the extremist Hamas movement in the occupied territories if the P.L.O. fails to reach agreement with Israel. President Clinton's mid-January summit with Syrian President Hafez Assad in Geneva is sure to bring renewed pressure on Arafat as well. Optimists assume that, in the end, the Israelis and the P.L.O. will agree on a formula that allows Palestinian self-rule to proceed, if only because the alternative -- increased violence -- is unacceptable...
...September. In signs of conciliation, President Hafez Assad last week announced that Syria would help investigate the fates of seven Israeli soldiers missing in Lebanon since the 1980s and also said Syrian Jews would be issued exit visas by the end of December. Assad will meet President Clinton in Geneva in mid-January...