MIDDLE EAST: Israel Loses a Round

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Last Thursday's vote, however, apparently convinced Israeli hard-liners —and Premier Rabin as well—that no such compromise is possible. In an interview with the daily Ma 'ariv, the Premier insisted that "there will not be a third state between Israel and Jordan. The solution to the Palestinian problem must be within the framework of our relations with Jordan"—a proposal that is almost as unacceptable to King Hussein as it is to Arafat. Then Rabin added gloomily, "We may have to go decades without getting peace."

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