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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.
But while the Syrian leadership was looking for dialogue with Washington, it was determined to carry out retaliation for IDF actions against Lebanese targets.

Itamar Rabinovich is a former Israeli ambassador to the United States who engaged in negotiations with Syria but was unable to reach a fruitful agreement. He told Israel Radio that the Syrian leadership appeared to be seeking dialogue with Washington, but was also determined to retaliate against Israeli actions against Lebanese targets.
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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.