Syria urged Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to stand firm after the Knesset won preliminary approval of a bill that placed obstacles in front of a possible peace treaty between the two countries. Al-Ba’ath, the newspaper of Syria’s ruling party, said Barak must not be swayed by “racist and rancorous hotheads” in Israel.
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