Israel is ready to resume negotiations with Syria over the Golan Heights at the point from which they broke off in 1996 under the previous Labor-led government, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday. The report in the Israeli daily Ha’aretz would indicate a major shift in the position of the Israeli government, which has repeatedly stated that the negotiations should held without preconditions. The Prime Minister’s Office denied the report, and Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon called it a “total lie.”
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