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ter relations as a lever, has pur-
sued a course of pragmatic in-
crementalism. The Israelis, who
found Mr. Assad maddeningly
unwilling to negotiate on the core
issues, yielded to that strategy.
The result was the decision
late last year to focus primarily
on the security arrangements
that might accompany a final
deal, while bypassing broader
questions like borders, timeta-
bles and the establishment of
full, normal relations.
But with Israeli elections in
the offing and growing dissen-
sion over pending concessions of
more West Bank territory, many
Israeli officials now see that
strategy as outdated.
Increasingly, the Rabin gov-
ernment needs to either move
quickly and dramatically on the
Syrian front — action demand-
ing unambiguous signals from
Mr. Assad — or put the Syrian
talks on hold to protect the deli-
cate pro-peace process consensus
in Israel, which will be the tar-
get of intensifying attacks as the
next stage of Palestinian self-rule
draws closer.
That suggests the possibility
of a disagreement between the
Clinton administration, which
regards the military talks in
Washington as the best available
route to an agreement they
would like to generate before the
presidential election campaign
— and an Israeli government
that may be more inclined to fa-
vor postponement of the Syrian
track until after their elections.
Some in Jerusalem are con-
cerned that the administration,
in its determination to keep Mr.
Assad on board the shaky peace
process train, may have oversold
Israel's ability to make addition-
al concessions; they are worried
that officials in Washington, in
their role as active intermedi-
aries, have not been clear enough
about exactly what lines the Is-
raelis are not prepared to cross
in the negotiations.
A growing number of Israeli
officials believe it's time for Mr.
Assad to put up or shut up; more
talks about the security details
of a peace arrangement, without
substantive progress on broader
issues like borders and timeta-
bles, may just provide the Syri-
an dictator with new
opportunities to string Israel
along as he courts Washington's
favor.
But the administration — de-
spite high-level anger at Mr. As-
sad for reneging on his June
agreement to return to the secu-
rity talks — remains convinced
that Mr. Assad still needs to be
coaxed rather than strongarmed
towards peace.
It would be inaccurate to sug-
gest that Washington and
Jerusalem are heading toward a
showdown, or that new Ameri-
can pressure on the Israeli gov-
ernment is in the works. ❑
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