Tag Archives: Golan heights

No peace with Syria

Posted on 06/03/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Say, remember my telling you that Syria isn’t making a serious offer towards peace with Israel? Yeah, well, I’m not wrong about that. Syrian President Bashar Assad said during a visit to The United Arab Emirates on Monday that Israel’s … Continue reading →

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One teeny, tiny issue keeps Syria from the Golan

Posted on 05/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

A source says that Israel and Syria agree on 85% of the issues they need to agree on to give Syria back the Golan. What’s part of that 15%? Well, besides Syria trying to grab land it never had to … Continue reading →

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The Syria-Iran axis

Posted on 05/27/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Syria has no intention of giving up ties with Iran, no intention of giving up support of terrorist groups in and out of the Palestinian terrortories[sic], and therefore, no intention of the much-touted “land for peace” solution to the Golan … Continue reading →

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AP boilerplate ignores Syrian attacks on Israel

Posted on 05/26/2008 by Meryl Yourish

There’s something that’s missing from the latest AP stories on the negotiations with Syria about the Golan Heights. Israel captured the strategic plateau in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed the area. Many Israelis are reluctant to relinquish the … Continue reading →

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The Syrian “peace” talks

Posted on 05/22/2008 by Meryl Yourish

I’m only a tiny bit worried about the talks with Syria, because they’re going to fail. And they’re going to fail, because I doubt Syria will cut ties with terrorists and Iran, which is a deal-breaker for Israel. Foreign Minister … Continue reading →

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