Israel and Syria Talk Peace

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Israel and Syria Talk Peace

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The politically weakened government of Ehud Olmert is engaged in peace talks with neighboring Syria, the two countries have acknowledged. Turkey is moderating the indirect negotiations, the first since 2000. The last round of talks failed over the demand for Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights.

BBC:

In a statement, Syria’s foreign ministry said both sides had “expressed their desire to conduct the talks in goodwill and decided to continue dialogue with seriousness to achieve comprehensive peace”.

Mr Olmert’s spokesman Mark Regev said the two countries had indicated “they want to lead these negotiations in a serious spirit so as to achieve complete peace”.

The Syrian foreign minister, Walid Muallem, said Israel had agreed to withdraw from the Golan up to the armistice line of 1967.

Israel has refused to comment on the claim, although a spokesman for Mr Olmert said the current talks were being carried out with the failure of the previous ones in mind, and that the talks had recently gathered momentum.

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By driving bear, May 22, 2008 at 4:08 pm #

Short answer is no because these “talks” have been going on for over a year now. So far no progress.

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By Fadel Abdallah, May 21, 2008 at 11:46 pm #

No comment on political gimmicks!
I am really tired and hopeless!

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By PatrickHenry, May 21, 2008 at 6:45 pm #

I think the sayanim which trawl the web on sites like truthdig and many others and defend Israel have reported back to the “motherland” that the tide of American feeling toward that nation is changing and they had better make peace with their neighbors lest they risk losing everything.

They see that an increasing majority of Americans are getting tired of our government catering to Israels wishes with taxpayer blood and money.

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By Aegrus, May 21, 2008 at 2:49 pm #

I wonder if this is partially due to that liberal appeaser Jimmy Carter’s recent visit to the region?

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