* The Other Secret Middle East Peace Talks
Jerusalem -- The world was stunned when the P.L.O. and Israel announced that secret talks in Oslo had produced a peace deal; now Knesset member Abdul-Wahab Darawshe, head of the Arab Democratic Party, says similar clandestine talks are under way in Europe between Israel and Syria. Previously, Israeli officials had denied that such talks were ongoing (while acknowledging they wouldn't confirm them even if they were taking place). But Darawshe says that the negotiations are real, and even include the Lebanese. "The participants believe that by the end of the year, the talks...