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JAMES D. BESSER
Washington Correspondent
Ambassador Lipkin-Shahak?
Former army chief of staff Amnon
Lipkin-Shahak has been offered the
job as Israel's new ambassador to
Washington.
If he accepts — there are reports
that he may hold out for a ministerial
job — the appointment could solve a
big political problem for Barak: how
to satisfy the demands of Shahak's new
Center Party. It wants high positions
for its leaders as the price of entering
the new government.
The appointment also may have
major implications for the frozen Syrian-
Israel peace talks. Lipkin-Shahak, while
chief of staff, participated in high level
talks with Syrian military leaders, includ-
ing on such issues as demilitarized zones
along the Golan Heights, early warning
systems and peacekeeping forces.
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thaw in the frozen Mideast
peace talks may be in - the
works as Ehud Barak puts
the finishing touches on his
new government, but it apparently
hasn't touched Egypt. That was appar-
ent on Monday when a group of
Jewish leaders had a chilly session with
', Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,
here for a round of top-level meetings
including a Thursday session with
President Bill Clinton.
Several participants described the
meeting as contentious, combative
and frustrating.
The Jewish leaders pressed
Mubarak on a number of issues,
N including their insistence that Egypt
play a more active role in supporting
Assad Shows Interest
the faltering Mideast peace process.
But the Egyptian leader balked,
This week the Clinton administra-
saying instead that it was up to Israel
tion also broadcast some signals
alone to restore a positive atmosphere
about the possible resumption of
in the region.
Syria-Israel peace talks.
"There was no real dialogue; many
In several diplomatic exchanges
of his answers seemed even cynical,"said
with Washington since the election of
Ehud Barak in late May, Syrian
a fuming Abraham Foxman, director of
:-,,the Anti-Defamation League.
President Hafez Assad has indicated
strong interest in resumina talks with
The Jewish leaders also rebuked
Israel, and he has signaled b some new
Mubarak for Egypt's participation in
flexibility in his demands for how the
the upcoming meeting on using the
talks should be restarted.
Fourth Geneva Convention as a cud-
gel against Israel's settlements politics.
On Monday, Assistant Secretary of
But Mubarak insisted he couldn't turn
State for Near Eastern Affairs Martin
Indyk said that Assad has made a
against his Arab brethren on the issue.
Foxman also rased the issue of
"strategic choice to seek a comprehen-
rampant anti-Semitism in the
sive peace with Israel." Indyk pointed
to a recent interview in which the
;=Egyptian press and gave Mubarak a
report on the subject.
Syrian strongman praised Barak,
"He responded with the same old
which he described as "very unusual."
line: it's a free press, and the govern-
"We have had our own dialogue
ment can't interfere. That's baloney;
with President Assad over the past six
they do interfere all the time."
months, which leads us to believe that
Officials of the American Jewish
he is keen to engage with the new
Committee, which hosted Mubarak
government in the hopes of achieving
for the third time, portrayed the ses-
a comprehensive peace," Indyk said.
U.S. officials were buoyed by their
\--sion in somewhat more positive terms.
apparent success over the weekend in
"He was combative without being
getting Assad to rein in the Hezbollah
belligerent," said Al Moses, a former
AJC leader and the event's host. "He
guerrillas who were escalating tensions
in southern Lebanon.
was forthright, but he has positions
that differ from ours. That's nothing
"There's something in the air," said
Jess Hordes, Washington director for
new." The important point, Moses
the Anti-Defamation League. "The
said, was that he didn't erect any
recent flurry of statements would seem
new impediments" to moving for-
cause for cautious optimism." II
ward with the peace process.
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