Syria offers direct talks with Israel in return for Golan Heights withdrawal -... - The Diigo Meta page

• 05 Aug 08
  

  Benno Hansen

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  • Polls show that most Israelis oppose relinquishing the Golan Heights, a high plateau overlooking the Sea of Galilee, the country's main water resource. Some 20,000 Israelis have settled in the area since it was captured in the 1967 war.
• 31 Jul 08
  

  liveinfreedom .

  Syria has said it wants direct talks to seal a peace deal with Israel if the Jewish state withdraws from the strategic Golan Heights border region it captured in the Six Day War 40 years ago.

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  • Israel and Syria have both recently acknowledged that they have been holding indirect talks for the past year through the mediation of Turkey.
  • Two weeks ago, Mr Assad himself said he wanted to have "normal" relations with Israel, including the opening of embassies.
  • Syria, still a police state despite some reforms under the young president.
  • "The negotiations are a historic opportunity for Israel to make peace, not just with Syria and Lebanon, but with the whole Arab world,"

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