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<text id=93TT1698>
<title>
May 17, 1993: Loosening the Knot
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
May 17, 1993 Anguish over Bosnia
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 16
WORLD
Loosening the Knot
</hdr>
<body>
<p>Israelis and Palestinians make strides toward neighborliness
</p>
<p> Even before setting out for the latest round of Middle East
peace talks in Washington, Palestinian delegates knew they had
to get something--anything--for their efforts so they could
justify their attendance in the face of widespread popular
disapproval. The Israelis knew it too. As a consequence, the
current session has been the most productive one yet, so much
so that Palestine Liberation Organization official Nabil Shaath
predicts that a "declaration of agreement on principles" may
soon emerge.
</p>
<p> Largely responsible for the improved atmosphere is
Israel's newly relaxed posture. The Rabin government is offering
to transfer to the Palestinians control over such matters as
education, culture and health, even before the negotiations are
completed.
</p>
<p> The Israelis also hinted at unprecedented flexibility on
the question of the Golan Heights--or at least one Israeli
did. In stating that he would choose "genuine peace" over
continued occupation of the heights, Police Minister Moshe
Shahal became the first Cabinet member to suggest that Israel
was prepared to return the entire area to Syria.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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