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Report: Netanyahu rep met top Syrian official
Roee Nahmias
Published: 10.03.09, 20:26
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1. Reality Check
Yossi want peace ,   Isarel   (03.10.09)
Netanyahu will learn fast that the campaign propoganda have nothing to do with reality. If Obama will decide that peace with Syria is needed for US interest, then Netanyahu have say yes, because of the $3.5 billion that come from US as aid... Just a reality check
2. Syria's Taqiyya at work
Brod ,   USA   (03.10.09)
Israel should say NO to this crap. Israel must not repeat making the same stupid mistakes as it did in the past that led to two bloody wars within a span of 2 years. External manipulations and pressures must be rejected outright. The end result will be the same-it is bad for Israel. The fact is despite all the talks about peace, the 'peace' of Islamist-Jihadism is the destruction of Israel. Read Walid Shoebat's powerful books: "Why I Left Jihad" and "Why We Want To Kill You."
3. #1 needs a reality check
Ralph Levy ,   USA   (03.11.09)
Having been in the 73 War I can tell you now that 3 billion is not worth it if there is no security with it. Going back to the 67 borders is unthinkable get real. http://ralphsrant1.blogspot.com
4. Golan Heights
David Rosenberg ,   New York, USA   (03.11.09)
The Golan are a vital part of the State of Israel both from a military perspective as well as from a cultural one. Under Israeli control, the Golan has been developed into a magnificant agricultural province with a ski resort and wonderful hiking trains. Under Syrian rule it was a large military base used to terrorize the flat lands of Northern Israel. Giving the Golan to Syria would be foolish and unwise to say the least.
5. to #1 sheik obama is not the dictator of
jason white ,   afula,israel   (03.11.09)
the U.S. We will not commit national suicide for him or anyone else. There are enough supporters in both Houses in the U.S. to thwart him,hilary and their group of anti Zionists. The G.O.P. will win the congress in two years and the presidency in 2012. The sheik will become a trivia question in the future.But he will be remembered as an enemy of Israel just like carter. syria will get nothing! The Golan is as much Israel as Tel Aviv and probably more important strategically.
6. No! To the withdrawals from the Golan
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (03.11.09)
Governmental talk of giving away the Golan in 1996 and 1999-2000 was repressed by widespread popular national campaigns opposing Golan withdrawals. In the mid-90's, thousands of banners and a million stickers reading "HaAm Im HaGolan" (The Nation is With the Golan) graced porches, billboards and cars throughout the country. In January 2000, some 300,000 people took part in one of the largest demonstrations in Israeli history, calling on then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak not to give away the Golan. More about the Golan at : http://xrl.us/bmfrf
7. Syria would attack Israel in the next war even if
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (03.11.09)
the Golan was given back. The folly of "Land for Peace" was shown in stealing Gush Katif from the Jews.
8. Assad said there was a difference between a treaty & peace
zionist forever   (03.11.09)
If Netanyahu starts doing any deals with the Syrian devil now then he will be morraly worse that even Olmert. Olmert promised not to give up the Golan when he campaigned then after Lebanon he decided screw this policy I am giving Assad the Golan even if its just for his signature so I can say I have done something. Netanyahu isn't even PM yet but he already has envoys holding talks with Assad. Olmert at least waited a good 6 months. If he does any deals that involves giving away all or even part the Golan then he will have directly lied to the voters ad his own party who worked to get him elected. Remeber during his campaign him planting a tree in the Golan and saying I will never give it up. Assad himself has said only yesterday that you can have peace deals but you can't have full peace and normalisation of relationships until the palestinian problem. So we give Assad the Golan today him & Netanyahu get their joint nobel prize, Assad gets American money and US military aid to buy American toys just like Israel has. Syria is possibly the weakest arab state right now when it comes to conventional weapons & Assad is not stupid enough to use WMDS, Instead we will give away strategic high ground and give him American weapons putting him in a much better position to attack Israel. He has plans to settle 500,00 - 1 million arabs in the Golan giving us a potential Gaza on the currently peaceful northern border and he has plausable debiability over the terrorists. The man at the same time as calling negotiation via Turkey said he saw no reason to stop backing the terrorists until he got every single one of his demands met. Chamberlin thought he was getting peace in our time Assad isn't even offering that he is running a protection racket ... you better pay me Israel and do as I tell you to do if you don't want my boys to come down and make trouble for you. We like that idea and want to go along with it. If we accept any deals with Syria and it involves convetional or terror then WE WILL DESERVE IT and have no right to complain or even retaliate because we knew what we were getting into in advance but chose to do it anyway. What happened to this proposed Golan referendum bill Olmert was preasured into, now we have 120 crooked MKs most of whom are leftists or arabs will unilateraly have the right to decide the Golans future. THIS COUNTRY RESEMBLES A CROOKED BANANA REPUBLIC RUN BY EGOTISTICAL FOOLS
9. 1
zionist forever   (03.11.09)
The $3.5 billion in US military aid and the much smaller amount of financial aid cannot be stopped by Obama. Congress make those decisions and Israel has friends in Congress who will fight its side even amongst the Democrats. Just because we have an anti Israel muslim loving president & a secretary of state who wants the Clinton name in the history books doesn't mean that without support from Congress they can use that tactic.
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