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<text id=91TT0844>
<title>
Apr. 22, 1991: World Notes:Middle East
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Apr. 22, 1991 Nancy Reagan:Is She THAT Bad?
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 57
World Notes
MIDDLE EAST
A Few Steps Toward Peace
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<p> After America's victory in the gulf war, Middle East
governments apparently would rather be seen saying yes than no
to Washington. Secretary of State James Baker, in his second
swing through the area in a month, visited five countries last
week to explore the idea of a regional peace conference. He
received carefully hedged encouragement from Israel, Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan.
</p>
<p> That was a triumph of modest proportions, though Ba ker
pointed out that a regional meeting could not be arranged "with
one trip or even two trips." The governments' long-standing
preconditions are likely to re-emerge as they try to agree on
who will participate and what the agenda will be.
</p>
<p> Arab states like Egypt, for example, contend that such
talks should take place in an international forum. Israel
insists on direct negotiations with each Arab state. If the
conference does convene, it will have to confront an even more
fundamental conflict: the Arabs demand the return of the
territory Israel conquered in the 1967 war; Israel's leaders say
never.
</p>
</body></article>
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