Lebanon Needs Peace With Israel

                   
israelnationalnews.com     Jul 16, 2008            

by Elias Bejjani Rejecting peace with Israel is not acceptable. On Wednesday, July 9 of this year, national news agencies reported that the Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora had refused, without any declared justifications, a peace initiative presented to him by Italy's Ambassador to Lebanon, Mr. Gabriel Kekya. News reports stated that Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, who was on an One wonders what prevents Lebanon from doing what every other major Arab country has done. official visit to Israel, had asked his country's ambassador in Beirut to inform Mr. Siniora that he is willing to seriously mediate peace talks between Lebanon and Israel. Mr. Siniora, bizarrely and for unexplained reasons, had also rejected on the tenth of last June, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's call for bilateral peace negotiations... [read full story]                    

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Syrian, Israeli leaders in indirect talks: Israeli source (AFP)

yahoo.com     Jul 13, 2008          

PARIS (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held indirect talks through Turkey on Sunday, an Israeli diplomatic source said. Olmert held talks in Paris with Turkish Prime Minister Recep...                    

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Syrian, Israeli leaders speak indirectly: report

marketwatch.com     Jul 13, 2008          

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held indirect talks Sunday through official Turkish channels, while Assad said normalization is possible in the future, media...                    

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Israeli officials: Syrian president not present for Israeli prime minister's summit speech

iht.com     Jul 13, 2008          

Israeli government officials say Syria's president was not present for the Israeli prime minister's speech at a Mediterranean summit in Paris. Two Israeli officials say Syrian President Bashar Assad was not at the enormous...                    

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Embassies part of peace deal with Israel, says Syrian president

gulfnews.com     Jul 13, 2008          

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad said Damascus would establish "normal" relations including the opening of embassies if a peace accord was sealed with Israel, in an interview broadcast on Sunday. "From the very start of the...                    

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Israel, Syria make history with peace talks on Golan Heights

scrippsnews.com     Jul 15, 2008          

ELI ADN, Golan Heights -- Uri Hetz has a lot invested in Israel's decades-old presence here in the Golan Heights. He and his partners have invested millions of dollars in Chateau Golan, an up-and-coming winery with acres of...                    

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New stage in Syrian- Lebanese French relations

bloggers4labour.org     Jul 15, 2008          

Guest post by davem A few days ago AFP reported that for the first time in their histories Syria and Lebanon have established diplomatic relations and agreed to the opening of embassies in their respective countries. There have...                    

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Turkey sees Israeli, Syrian commitment for peace (AFP)

yahoo.com     Jul 16, 2008          

ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey believes that both Israel and Syria are committed to peace, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Wednesday ahead of a fourth round of indirect talks between the two sides under Turkish auspices. "The talks so...                    

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