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s that I meet with a Syrian representative, and President Assad agreed. Later that month, I was sent to Washington for talks with Syria’s ambassador, Walid Muallem. With the Americans’ Mideast envoy, Dennis Ross, as host, we met in Blair House across the street from the White House. I began by explaining the se
he spring of 1986, we faced our first major test on the ground. In a pre- Passover event organized by Gush Emunim, some 10,000 settlers streamed into Hebron, a city sacred not only to Jews but Muslims as well as the burial place of Hebrew patriarchs and matriarchs. Peace Now activists had planned a counte
s that I meet with a Syrian representative, and President Assad agreed. Later that month, I was sent to Washington for talks with Syria's ambassador, Walid Muallem. With the Americans' Mideast envoy, Dennis Ross, as host, we met in Blair House across the street from the White House. I began by explaining the sec
he spring of 1986, we faced our first major test on the ground. In a pre- Passover event organized by Gush Emunim, some 10,000 settlers streamed into Hebron, a city sacred not only to Jews but Muslims as well as the burial place of Hebrew patriarchs and matriarchs. Peace Now activists had planned a counte
lestine PLC Palestinian Legislative Council PLO Palestine Liberation Organization SLA South Lebanon Army TIPH Temporary International Presence in Hebron UN United Nations UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observation Force UNEF United Nations Emergency Force UNGA United Nations General Assembly U
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023149 →s I was told that the reason was to avoid the media who were waiting for the arrival of the UN team in Damascus. I was picked up at Aleppo airport by Walid Muallem, who was then Deputy Foreign Minister. He brought me to Assad’s villa, where a few hours of negotiations resulted in the Aleppo understanding, which
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Jerusalem
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Fatah
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Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Lebanon
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West Bank
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George W. Bush
PERSONthe West Bank
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Bashar al-Assad
PERSONSinai
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Ramallah
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Bill Clinton
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Damascus
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Ehud Barak
PERSONthe Gaza Strip
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Barack Obama
PERSON
Yasser Arafat
PERSONthe Palestinian Authority
ORGANIZATION
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Haifa
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