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...shall stay here as long as necessary." The Syrians hoped to convince Israel that they could fight as long as Israeli troops occupied the strategic mountain. Syria's message was clear: It would fight until Israel came up with a significant pullback. Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Abdel Ghani Rafii told TIME Correspondent William Stewart in a calm and strangely relaxed Damascus last week: "If we have assur ances about withdrawal and the restoration of Palestinian rights, we can dis cuss the rest at Geneva. Disengagement is the interim step...