Posted on 05/21/2008 7:31:10 PM PDT by Flavius
Hours after Israel and Syria announced that they had agreed to hold indirect peace talks, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday evening that he was "fulfilling a national duty" by pursuing the negotiations with Syria.
In simultaneous announcements shortly before noon, Damascus and Jerusalem announced they were engaging in indirect negotiations brokered by Turkey. Ankara made a similar statement at the same time.
At the heart of the negotiations is the return by Israel to Syria of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau captured by Israel - along with the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem - in the 1967 Six-Day War. In recent years, the Arab League has offered Israel normalized ties with the entire Arab world in return for its withdrawal from all of these lands. In 2005, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip.
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how is something small like that even a country
its either historical Israeli place or a pinanta
ehud olmert - a dope and a proud graduate of the nancy pelosi academy of government.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
How is it that the highly ineffectuve Olmert can remain in power? Don’t Israelis care anymore?
The Israelis really need to get rid of this loon before he does any more damage. Are the Israeli people really so stupid that they still believe they can trade land for peace?
Well, they’re gambling on tying up Syria with peace negotiations so that they won’t honor their mutual defense agreement with Iran while Israel does what it needs to do with Iran. It may or may not work. In any case, dangling land in front of Arabs is a stupid idea. & the clowns who rule Israel are capable of actually giving away the Golan.
Return the Golan Heights?
Why not?
Returning chunks of Gaza worked out great.
I hope this is a ruse, otherwise the Israelis should think about getting on a boat again.
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