Israel has never 'occupied' any foreign territory. Syria has yet to fulfill ANY of their obligations, seems to be an Arab trait. Done nothing and get credit as if they had. Whereas we fulfill our obligations and the same idiots state that we haven't even begun.

very delusional man , I wonder what assad has promised him lets snoop around some and i can assure you Assad has not kept any of his promises, this is just another United Nations puppet.!!!!!!!!!!!!

Israel cannot be reconciled with the Mafia regime of Assad. Syria will wait till the moment that it sees chances of defeating Israel. Syria cannot efford good relations with Israel. The Assad family has established a hereditary dynasty shored up by repression within, and confrontation and terror abroad. The rule of the Assads is not aimed at improving the lot of their people or forwarding a particular ideology. They changed ideology from secular Arabism to a seemingly impossible confection of pan-Arabism and Islamist extremism because it was expedient to do so. Hafez Assad came to power following a dizzying succession of coups that had made Syria the most unstable regime in the Middle East. The Assads are seated atop a bucking bronco. They are members of the Allawi religious minority who are usually not even considered to be Muslims. They rule a country of disparate minorities with a potential for chaos almost as great as that of Iraq. The radical Muslim Brotherhood is always there, threatening to take over the country by fair means or foul, and the usual Ba'th party rivalries that have plagued all such regimes are also a threat to Assad family rule. Their rule is not about improving living standards for Syria. Syrian living standards have fallen behind the none-too-glamorous ones of Jordan or Egypt. It is not about democracy, a Western luxury Syria can't afford, according to Bashar Assad. The Assad regime is about stability, and it is about money and power for the Assad family. The regime is comparable in every way to the fictional Corleone Mafia family. Prosperity and peace would ruin the Assad regime. Therefore, Western assumptions that Syrian leadership must want peace and prosperity are mistaken, and it is pointless to "engage" Syria in dialogue except insofar as it is possible to confront them with their violations and insist that they mend their ways as explained at : http://xrl.us/bjcsd

Many sources confirm that the Syria/Iran partnership continues to arm Hizbullah. Why are the French rewarding him? Why do we care what the French think of us. It's time for Israel to act wisely in self-defense, NOT to negotiate with terrorists (Assad, Hamas, etc.), and get on with life, no matter what any other nation says. With love from Jerusalem