Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy accused Syria of preventing the resumption of bilateral peace talks by insisting that Israel first agree to return the Golan Heights. “Maybe Syria expected that the new government [of Prime Minister Ehud Barak] would be one that would accept all the dictates issued it,” Levy said in New York, where he is attending the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly. His comments came after Syrian President Hafez Assad was quoted as saying that he is “disappointed” with Barak.
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