ARABS-ISRAEL - Nov 7 - Sharon Rules Out Peace Talks With Syria, Pullout From Golan Heights.

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Israeli PM Sharon rules out any prospect of peace talks with Syria, saying he is not prepared to pull troops and settlers out of the Golan Heights. Addressing a closed-door meeting of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee, Sharon was quoted as saying: Negotiations with Syria are ruled out because we do not envisage any withdrawal from the Golan Heights". Sharon currently faces a rebellion by nationalists within his right-wing Likud Party who opposed his withdrawal of troops and...

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