Syria is concerned about what it sees as the weakness of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and his government, a British journalist considered close to Syrian leader Hafez Assad said this week. Patrick Seale said Syria is worried about the Knesset’s recent preliminary passage of a bill that would make it harder for a referendum on a peace deal to pass.
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