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Syrian FM warns of war with Israel
Roee Nahmias
Published: 26.11.10, 09:49
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1. the Golan is Jewish land and not negotiable!
David   (11.26.10)
2. There will be a winner ....
Terry ,   Eilat - Israel   (11.26.10)
And it won't be Syria. Syria's existence as a country no longer serves our interests. For a while, many here thought that the Assad regime brought a certain stability even with their support of terrorist groups. Today, the equation has changed. The continued existence of Syria as a nation-state, a political entity, no longer has any positive value. In the next war, our aim should be the complete destruction of Syria, it's political, military, & civilian infrastructure. After the war, Syria will only be a geographical term of reference. It will break down into fiefdoms ruled by local war-lords.
3. how many times this year has Syria threatened war?
zionist forever   (11.26.10)
Assad has a new view on the way to do things each day. One day he is the Ghandi of the Middle East preaching peace and friendship. Next day he is Saddam Hussain threatening war if Israel doesn't give him everything he wants. True a war will lead to alot of destruction on both sides but he should also remember that Israel does not accept large number of casualties and even with all his scuds Israel has much more firepower than Syria. He wants the Golan today but if he provokes a war then it will be Damascus that he will be calling for Israel to withdraw from. If we want to bring peace on the Lebanon front we should tell him that if he allows Hizbollah to provoke Israel into another war in Lebanon then Syria would be considered a legitimate target. The best way to achieve peace is through the threat of force not by giving away land and trying to appease the enemy because we want to be seen as the good guys. Time to learn from the arabs that we should be more concerned with our best interests that our image.
4. Yap thats the way it goes
syria eagle ,   homs   (11.26.10)
War and war only can free the land and the people from occupiers do not nego. do not wait war option is the only one but keep it on even if you lose donot give up thats why they call it fight So see you at the front or see you in the after life
5. The Golan is never going back to Syria.
Robert Haymond ,   Israel/Canada   (11.26.10)
What I advise is the building up of The Golan by new Jewish settlers. The region is relatively empty of people. It has a certain rugged beauty of its own. Agriculture is a prominent enterprise. There is even an artist's community. For young Israelis, this would be a wonderful environment too begin family life.
6. # 4
Linda ,   Poltava, Ukraine   (11.26.10)
Eagle, you forgot to ask the people living in the Golans whether they want to lose their Israeli citizenship and change it to Syrian. You might be very surprised with the results.
7. #4 Arabs vs Israel?
Eyal ,   USA   (11.26.10)
The chances of Israel losing to Syria or any Arab regime are next to nil. Let's see, Israel destroyed you in the last war and you celebrate defeat?
8. #4 syria eagle
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (11.26.10)
You started several wars against Israel and you lost each of them. And as a consequence, you lost part of your territory. Get over it.
9. syria eagle homs no 4
JUDAH THE LION   (11.26.10)
you said the same thing before the six days war with your COURAGE PRESIDENT GAMAL ABDUL NASSER IMAH ISMO? What happened? You lost Golan,Egypt lost Sinai and others,Jordan lost Jerusalem & West Bank? If you call this is VICTORY,then I would say hoommmmmmm
10. no 4
TAHRIR QUDS ALYAHUDI   (11.26.10)
Israel will let SYRIA to ask for ceasefire within few hours of the war.Dont underestimate the IDF.
11. #4 We'll join you in the afterlife at a later date.
Yossi G. ,   Jerusalem   (11.26.10)
12. Syria, perhaps Iran is eager for a war. We, Israelis, are...
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (11.26.10)
...eager to achieve an accommodation of peaceful coexistence between Arab and Jew, between the Muslim-Arab world and he nation-state of the Jewish people, Israel. Sadly, Syria has used this wish of ours three times and in the process has used its territory to attack us and wipe our national home off the face of earth, i.e. 1948, 1967, 1973. Thus, while we are still eager to achieve an accommodation of peaceful coexistence, this would have to be peace-for-peace!! The territory from which we have been attacked three times will not be handed over to anyone anymore, just as no other country would have handed such territory from which it had been attacked so many times. Don't expect at this stage from Israel what you wouldn't expect from any other country under similar circumstances...!!
13. warn=make aware in advance, threaten= intend to inflict pain
observer   (11.26.10)
14. Rabid dogs snarling again?
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (11.26.10)
Time to put the doggies to sleep.
15. The Arabs are the only nation that........
(11.26.10)
Loses a war and then believes IT has the right to dictate negotiations. When the Axis powers lost in WW2, the Allies dictated the terms of a peace deal. Furthermore the Syrians want a FULL withdrawal from the Golan, which the Jews also claim as their biblical homeland. If Israel were to capitulate, what would have been the concession on Syria for losing ? When Germany lost WW2 they had to return more land to Poland then that which they had taken.
16. HA HA HA HA
David ,   Haifa Israel   (11.26.10)
Syria will lose.... AGAIN!!
17. Who shoots first - game is over
Shahab - 6 ,   Iran with Syria   (11.26.10)
18. #17 Shahab - 6
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (11.26.10)
Are you sure, your ballistic missiles have not been infected with the Stuxnet virus? I mean, just in case you don't want to blow up your own capital.
19. Chanuka is one of the most nationally...
Norway   (11.26.10)
identifying and unifying holidays of the Jewish people, celebrating the amazing victories of the Maccabees who fought against all odds and succeeded in freeing our holy city Jerusalem from the Greek invaders and then re-lit the candles of the Menora in the Temple. Likud MKs: If PM Ignores Us, We're Ready to Fight: If Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu manages to push through an extension of the building freeze in Judea and Samaria, he may save himself a confrontation with U.S. President Barack Obama – but he is likely to find himself in another fight, closer to home (INN, 11/17/10). Zechariah 9:13-17 "For I bend Judah for Me like a bow; I filled [the hand of] Ephraim, and I will arouse your children, O Zion, upon your children, O Javan; and I will make you as the sword of a mighty man..." While Rashi and other commentators relate this prophecy to the Jewish uprising against the Greeks in the time of the Hanukah miracle, Targum Yonasan and Metzudas David and RaDaK relate it to the war of Gog and Magog, since YAVAN and MAGOG and other nations that will take part in that war are all brothers, sons of Noah's son Yapheth (Gen. 10:2). Zecharia 9:13-16 are thus a prophecy of how God will save Israel from Gog and Magog. From the reference to Ephraim as well as Judah it is clear that the Ten Tribes will be restored in the final redemption (Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum). Be part of the miracle in the Shomron-sponsor "light in their dwellings." Hanukkah http://www.torahblogg.net/40186966 Zechariah 14:14 "And Judah also shall fight against Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance."
20. # 19 according to the Golden Calf ?
False   (11.26.10)
21. If you want to shoot shoot - don"t talk.
tanya ,   tel aviv, israel   (11.26.10)
22. To No. 20
dotty ,   gilgil, kenya   (11.26.10)
Artical 19 speaks the truth and nothing but the whhole truth.
23. Not really
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.26.10)
This isn't a game. If war breaks out in the region, Syria ceases to exist. Plain and simple.
24. Sarah B #23
David ,   Haifa Israel   (11.26.10)
if nixon did not interfere in 1973, Damascus and Cairo would be in ruins. should have been dealth with then... I blame the Yanks! Shabbat Shalom
25. Is belly dancing still legal in Syria ?
jo   (11.26.10)
That fat slob has been telling us, warning us, threatening us of war for the past 10 years. Golan hights not negociable ?, great, we don't feel like it either ; thanks a lot. Now that I think of it, who asked you to attack Israel in the ist place. You lost, you pay (or you patrons should). You are in no position to confirm anything. My advice to you; Get to " Fatimah " health salon (I didn't say saloon). The shedding of 75 lbs or more will brighten your horizons, change your behavior and your rotten mood for the better.
26. New to do what G-d commanded
Yehuda   (11.26.10)
In the old days, He commanded to wipe out the enemy completely so that they will not rise up against us generation after generation.
27. war
iraj   (11.26.10)
Moallem, yoiu want all out war, youi'll get it and assad and his wife and children will no longer be in power. Golan belongs to israel. Get used to it like hattay province which you no longer claim from your close friend erdogan.
28. Go ahead ...... Give a try....
Gr ,   USA   (11.26.10)
29. 'full return of Golan Heights is not negotiable.'
Ian ,   ניוקאסטל אן טיין   (11.26.10)
So it looks like the Israel and Syria governments are agreed on something. But,ok,if that really is the Syrian government's position,rather than threatening a mutually destructive war,let it propose direct peace talks that will lead to a peace treaty and arrive with the paper to write it on and a pen to sign it. Some commitment to peace is needed from the Syrian government,too. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!
30. iran must have finished switching
Brazen   (11.26.10)
out their centrifuges, all the smack talk is starting, tayyip chimed in. Now the chazer from syria opens his pie hole with idle threats. who's next hizzbullah ? Oh yea the tribunial for harrai sr. should be letting the World know who in hizzbullah killed saad babba. Stay tuned?
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