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One of the more dismaying aspects of the current peace process has been the failure of Syria and Israel to make a deal. According to Christian Science Monitor correspondent Helena Cobban, these two long-standing foes came very close to composing their decades-old quarrel. The Syrian and Israeli leaders persevered to overcome extraordinary obstacles, but in the end failed. A terrible setback, says Cobban, because so much hard negotiating work had been done up to the very last moment when the whole carefully constructed edifice of peace drifted away.

Publication Date

7-1-1997

Keywords

Syria; Israel; Rabin; Peres; PLO; Arafat; Assad; Jordan; peace process; Oslo; Lebanon; Assad; Cobban

Syria and the Peace: A Good Chance Missed

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