JERUSALEM: Parliamentary maneuvers in the Knesset and recent fighting in Lebanon put Syrian/Israeli peace talks in cold storage. Even Israeli’s unilateral pledge to pull its army out of south Lebanon this summer did not instantly rekindle them. But these ups and downs only indicate the difficulties involved. They also reflect the nature of the closed Syrian regime, which never underwent anything like a perestroika.
JERUSALEM: Parliamentary maneuvers in the Knesset and recent fighting in Lebanon put Syrian/Israeli peace talks in cold storage. Even Israeli’s unilateral pledge to pull its army out of south Lebanon this summer did not instantly rekindle them. But these ups and downs only indicate the difficulties involved. They also reflect the nature of the closed Syrian regime, which never underwent anything like a perestroika.