The United States wants to revive Israeli-Syrian negotiations through private discussions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman indicated. David Bar-Illan also said the final-status negotiations with the Palestinian Authority would take a long time, despite Palestinian demands that they be concluded by next May, when Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has said he would declare a Palestinian state.
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