Syrian President Hafez Assad’s biographer said Israel must understand that peace with Syria will require a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights. British journalist Patrick Seale, who attended an international conference on the Middle East peace process at Haifa University, met with Likud Knesset member Silvan Shalom, who told Seale that the majority of Israelis oppose a full pullback.
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