07/03/2026 22:50

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For the next ten months, I didn’t see her, although we talked on the phone from time to time. And then there’s some changes we’re going to have to make from the inside out, or the others won’t matter. Dole declined to work on drafting a joint proposal, saying I should just present my own bill and we’d work out a compromise later. There was one more tense moment before things settled down.

I explained that we could not do it during the Christmas holidays, and he agreed to our timetable: preliminary talks in Washington i Instead, Rabin and Arafat agreed to its modification with a handshake, then signed the maps before them, legally binding themselves to the incorrect designation of the disputed road. Nevertheless, he wanted to make peace with Syria, was confident the issues could be resolved, and wanted me to convene negotiations as soon as possible. Soon the final peace talks would begin in Dayton, Ohio.