Peace loving Israel to return Golan Heights to Syria!
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From ITV.com UK news
Israel has told Syria it is prepared to withdraw from the Golan Heights in return for lasting peace, according at an Israeli newspaper.
The paper said prime minister Ehud Olmert had sent messages through foreign envoys to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that Israel is ready to "fulfill its part" in a peace deal.
Mr Olmert was reported to have said that Jerusalem was even prepared to give up the strategic Golan Heights, captured in the Six Day War of June 1967.
Spokesmen for Mr Olmert and the foreign ministry declined to comment on the report although a spokesman said Israel had long been willing to give Syria the Golan area in return for peace.
The report, quoting an unidentified senior diplomat who it said was involved in the contacts with Syria, said Mr Olmert contacted Mr Assad with the help of German and Turkish leaders but has yet to hear back from the Syrian president.
But Israel's price for handing back the Golan would likely be very high. The paper said the Israeli message to Damascus was that Syria must abandon its alliances with Iran, Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon and Palestinian militants.
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current PM who fumbled over the Lebanon war with Hezbollah is prepared to talk peace as Syria making military manoeuvres at the border, how incredible can it get? so desperate to recoup the voters' favour of the Israelis public who are generally peace loving?
Peace coming to Middle East ? -
It will be a very big boost to the current Syrian President's popularity which hasn't been quite fantastic.Originally posted by qpicanto:From ITV.com UK news
Israel has told Syria it is prepared to withdraw from the Golan Heights in return for lasting peace, according at an Israeli newspaper.
The paper said prime minister Ehud Olmert had sent messages through foreign envoys to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that Israel is ready to "fulfill its part" in a peace deal.
Mr Olmert was reported to have said that Jerusalem was even prepared to give up the strategic Golan Heights, captured in the Six Day War of June 1967.
Spokesmen for Mr Olmert and the foreign ministry declined to comment on the report although a spokesman said Israel had long been willing to give Syria the Golan area in return for peace.
The report, quoting an unidentified senior diplomat who it said was involved in the contacts with Syria, said Mr Olmert contacted Mr Assad with the help of German and Turkish leaders but has yet to hear back from the Syrian president.
But Israel's price for handing back the Golan would likely be very high. The paper said the Israeli message to Damascus was that Syria must abandon its alliances with Iran, Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon and Palestinian militants.
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current PM who fumbled over the Lebanon war with Hezbollah is prepared to talk peace as Syria making military manoeuvres at the border, how incredible can it get? so desperate to recoup the voters' favour of the Israelis public who are generally peace loving?
Peace coming to Middle East ?
On the other hand, it has to figure out how it wants to fit into the political dynamic now. -
Salaam,
It is funny to think that Isreal wanted the peace when Syria is the one that Started the initiative.
Check this out..Beginning in 2005, with the knowledge of their governments, private Israeli and Syrian negotiators began crafting a draft treaty to end the decades-long conflict between the two countries. The Bush administration, however, downplayed the talks' significance.
Indeed, when Israeli officials asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about pursuing exploratory talks with Syria, her answer, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, was, "don't even think about it." Similarly, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reports that Israeli government officials "understood from President Bush that the United States would not take kindly to reopening a dialogue between Israel and Syria."
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/zunes.php?articleid=10904
So read more,Isreal want peace so does Syria but the US stops it.
why simple,divide and rule. -
The main threat to Israel now is not military aggression from other nations, but from internal threats, so giving up the Golan Heights is not such a big issue to them, when it would have served as a buffer zone previously.
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this is defintely a carrot stick to isolate support for Herzbollah in the region and other islamic militant group. We maybe looking at a new shift, instead of war over land, The war against extremist may be the new front. And I think it is probably a good direction if the offer are geniune.
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Even dumber to make stupid comments and spam threads.Originally posted by CraZySmarT:peace is dumb
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are internal theats refering to the 'deep concerns about “two Israels” — religious versus secular, settler versus beachgoer, Jerusalem versus Tel Aviv, Jew versus Arab.'Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:The main threat to Israel now is not military aggression from other nations, but from internal threats, so giving up the Golan Heights is not such a big issue to them, when it would have served as a buffer zone previously.