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Itamar Rabinovich, who as Israel’s ambassador to Washington conducted unfruitful negotiations with Syria, told Israel Radio looked like Damascus wanted to talk rather than fight.
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Itamar Rabinovich, who was Israel’s ambassador to Washington during unfruitful negotiations with Syria, suggested that Syria currently seems interested in talking rather than fighting.
“Damascus has indicated that it’s prepared to meet with us,” he said, adding that “there are two issues. One is the Golan [heights] and the other is the Iranian support. … There’s nothing new, it seems, in terms of the positions,” Rabinovich said. “It also seems that this is some sort of trial balloon, for the purpose of trying to find a way to return to negotiation.”

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