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Article: Victorious climax for Zionism
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- Jerusalem Post
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- November 18, 1994
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ABBA EBAN
Jerusalem Post
11-18-1994
RELATIONS between Syria and Israel have been the subject of intense diplomatic scrutiny three times since the 1967 war.
First: In June 1967, immediately following the Six Day War, Jerusalem considered the policies it would submit to Arab governments through the US.
The tactical objective was to prevent a repetition of the 1956 experience, when international pressures caused Israel to withdraw from Sinai without a peace settlement. The Israeli government was headed by Levi Eshkol and had recently been reinforced by the adhesion of Menachem Begin and Moshe Dayan. Its proposals were:
a peace treaty with Egypt on the basis of the international boundary, ...