Is he crazy? Obviously diplomacy is preferable to war anytime, but the Syrians, and specifically Assad want one thing, and one thing only, to see Israel destroyed. The Golan Heights is one of Israel's greatest strategic advantages...he should be ashamed to make such comments at this time

Trial baloons are meant to be deflated and this one is no exception

you gave gaza what dıd you get mısılles of kassam

What do u think?

Syria had the Golan before, did it stop them from attacking us??????HELP! Can please somebody stop all this Israel destroyers! Please Dicher and Peretz - go home!! You destroy this country and make the whole world laugh at us. Did you did not get the point: The more land you gave them the faster they will destroy and kill us!!! Jordan had the WestBank before, did this stop them from attacking us? Egypte had the Sinai before, did this stop them from attacking us? HisbAllah had Lebanon before, did this stop them from attacking us? Hamas has Gasa, does this stop them from attacking us?? Please open your eyes, they will always stop, when whole Israel will be destroyed. The peace of which they are talking is the peace between Jewish graves. Rest in Peace Israel with such leaders!!

But what happens if your enemies don't want peace with you, Mr Dichter? You can give them all the land you want, but they will still kill your children and seek your extermination. And the more you concede and appease, the more they will demand from you - until there is nothing else to give. Israel is sounding like a defeated country. It's leaders are playing very dangerous games with extremely dangerous enemies. 'True peace' with Syria is a fiction - it will never happen, no matter how any concessions you make, or pieces of paper you sign. This send out all the wrong signals at a time of real Israeli weakness. Israel's enemies will take note, and prepare.

You don't trade land for peace - you trade peace for peace. Till they want peace - give them land and all you have is an enemy that much closer to your doorstep.

Give them Gaza and we got Lebanon. Give them the Golan...and we'll be fighting in the streets of Tiberias - AGAIN!

suck up to terrorist countries. Never did I hear about giving up the Golan Heights. They are of strategic importance b/c they look over vast amounts of Israeli land. Oh well, thank you Olmert and Peretz. They keep giving away parts of the country to terrorists, let's see where this will get Israel.

no. to think that israel can give islamists anything and they will stop their ambitions toward israel is foolish. syria is not a western nation. you cannot give land for peace because: 1) it wants israel to be removed from all of the land 2) it does not want peace with israel, hence the support for hizbullah. israel can only consider giving back the golan heights when syria is in such a weakened position and has a liberal regime. this is not the generation to be talking this way, when syria is doing all it can to destroy israel. terrorists cannot be appeased or trusted. they are trying to kill us all. don't bet your life on them.

I can't believe these people keep saying such stupid things. Negotiation means coming to the table and talking. Sure - well, before we agree, let's tell them our negotiating points. Such donkies in our government!

Golan heights should be returned back to Syria with all the agreements, first that Syria will not support Hizbullah nor Syria will involve itself in anything against the State of Israel. Peace with Jordan and Egpyt is working and friendship with Turkey is worthy for Israel , Israel should make its relations good with its neighbours first. Many here should realise that in real Golan heights are of Syria and its not good for Israel to keep it under its control with any excuse. Israeli Govt. knows this that Golan heights are of Syria and they have to deal it in Security council and this is the reality, Occupation is illegal and things cant be kept by force ever. Better here people who support the state of Israel should talk abt their occupation of others land and stop trying to make excuses about saying against other countries.ME is really becoming the center of all the problems coz of this Israeli occupation.

Forget making aliyah in Golan or anywhere near Gaza. I'm more scared of the Israeli generals these days then the arab ones. At least under hizbollah they won't offer to give my house/land away but instead pay 12k compensation to rebuild it. Israel wake up and elect REAL LEADERS. I think it's time that Jews outside of Israel had a chance to run things they couldn't do any worse then currently is!

strange how so many of those quick to talkback live in the US... the next war - whether we win it or not (and we probably will - even it is on points alone, once again) will be so expensive. imagine missiles everywhere. destruction almost complete on all sides of the border - it's sooo easy. assad knows that destroying tel aviv and damascus is the next stage and his people (i dont mean his citizens; i mean his friends) are probably as worried as ours - and so the threats. we seem to have caught up with the rest of the world and entered the period of mutual deterence.

For all those who think Israeli territory can be traded like baseball cards, wake up! Bashar al-Asad will be Bashar al-Asad, with or without the Golan Heights. He will still have a weak, anti-Semitic regime that scapegoats Israel for all its internal problems. He will still lead an anti-Semitic society that has been indoctrinated with hate through the media and the mosque ever since the days of his father. None of this will change in the near future and giving Syria our beautiful and strategically vital Golan Heights is nothing more than another step toward national suicide.

As if one can could give away what belongs to all Jews, past, present and future. The land is your defense. 90% of all land reclaimed by IL in '67 has already been relinquished for only further mass murdering of its people by those who imperialized other's after leaving their homicidal hamite peninula by their own name. They were murdering you even when they illegaly held the land before. Since when do they keep agreements? Where is that egyptian ambassador now? You know where the arms egypt allows through tunnels and ships are though. What peace is their with Jordan that takes up 78% of the Jewish homeland?Don't they support this generations desiginated mass-murders of Jews? Don't they? If dichter thinks if only they held the land we would be safe is madness given that they were murdering you when they held it illegaly before. You must expel those that come to kill you not your who love the land that protects you!!!

This is the most ludicrous suggestion yet. Are these political elites laughing at us? Have they lost all sense of reality? This is a total insult to all Israelis. Except maybe those lunatics living in a fantasy. This country should be investigating the political elites and military elites for the crimes thay have recently commited against the State of Israel.