Syria wants the Golan Heights back from Israel but is not certain what it is willing to give Israel in return, according to the senior Democrat on the House International Relations Committee. U.S. Rep. Sam Gejdenson (D-Conn.) made the comment in Israel after meeting in Damascus with Syrian President Hafez Assad. Gejdenson, who visited the Middle East on a trip sponsored by the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation, became one of only a few Jewish members of Congress ever to meet with the Syrian leader.
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