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Assad: We were within reach of peace deal
Nir Magal
Published: 18.03.09, 09:57
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1. Syria still hosts, funds, arms terrorists
(03.18.09)
and will use any land to attack Israel.
2. Assad Full Of BS
Brana Lobel ,   Israel   (03.18.09)
To quote Barry Rubin quoting Michael Young, "The security edifice of Assad's regime requires a state of war with Israel and that edifice is essential to protecting Alawite rule in "Syria". Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, I'm an Israeli media source.
3. Get the Shovel
leo ,   nyc   (03.18.09)
And put the stuff Assad is peddling in the garden...
4. Typical arab story-telling for western ears
  (03.18.09)
and for Israeli leftists. He has no intention whatsoever to make "peace" with the Jews, with or without the Golan. It's just a tactic to soften EUSA's stance. He's sure that all EUSA'ns are suckers and that all you have to do is use the magic word "peace" and you get EUSA'ns to drool with pleasure.
5. as Brandy's song goes, "Almost doesnt count"
jerusalem   (03.18.09)
6. Who can stomach
Robert Haymond ,   Ashdod, Israel   (03.18.09)
Assad with his support for Hizbollah, his alliance with Iran and his protection of terrorists?
7. boy am i happy olmerts gone
ben ,   ramle israel   (03.18.09)
that dumb monkey prime minister would have guven the golan heights and anything else for peace for 5 minutes even though iran still supplies the pa and syria i hope bibi stays true to the right jut like the rest of the kenesset the people have voted and spoke no more idiot left wing nut jobs in office.
8. For Arabs,Israel has only to dissolve itself for peace
Sam ,   Canada   (03.18.09)
All Israel has to do is dissolve itself as a Jewish-majority state and for the Arabs there will be peace. We are that close. The Arabs are biding their time until they feel strong enough to attack Israel. In the meantime they want to entice the West to force withdrawals on Israel or boycott Israel to death by giving false illusions of peace. Until Arab behaviour shows otherwise, that's how close we are to peace.
9. Multiple Israeli gvmts offered a lot - Syria keeps saying no
Eric ,   Tel Aviv   (03.18.09)
Syria has had more or less the same offer from more than 3 Israeli governments: Israel will give up the Golan but not the shores of the Kinneret. Both Assad and his father said no. They want Israel to first give up everything and then start negotiations, and no Israeli government will agree to that.
10. Arab dictators biggest obstacle to peace
JPS ,   Efrat   (03.18.09)
Assad is merely using the media for his own propaganda purposes. There could have been peace 60 years ago if the Arabs hadn't attacked Israel. There could have been peace in 1973 after Syria attacked Israel too. There could have been peace in the 35 years since that last war. The obstacle has always been Arab intransigence and Arab aggression. Don't believe me? Go read what the Syrian press has to say about "peace" and Israel. Assad is a dictator who controls the day to day lives of his people. If he really wanted peace, there would have been a treaty already. What Assad really wants is western investment and monetary aid - and that's why he looks like such a man of "peace" right now.
11. Olmert was great at bringing Israel to pieces.
LEE ,   NY, USA   (03.18.09)
12. Syria's dream
Brod ,   USA   (03.18.09)
Syria wants to usurp Israel's biblical and historic homeland while at the same time harboring and supporting islamist-Jihadist terrorists hellbent on the destruction of Israel. It is also allied with Iran that has vowed to annihilate Israel and is feverishly working on its nukes to accomplish its evil intention. Land for peace is nothing but a Taqiyya, a code word of the Islamist-Jihadist world for the destruction of Israel. Israel should say NO, NO, NO to them.
13. ASSAD
EVEN ,   TIBERIAS   (03.18.09)
THIS SOB IS JUST LIKE THE HAMAS SCUM. HE WAS GIVEN 99 PERCENT OF HIS DEMANDS, AND YET WILL NOT AGREE TO MAKE PEACE UNLESS HE GETS IT ALL. THE MOVE TO THE RIGHT IN ISRAELI NATION IS DUE TO THE OFFER YOU RECIEVED FROM OLMERT AND THE NATION DID NOT AGREE TO IT ! BUT YOU ARE TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS, ASSAD. BY THE WAY, I CAME FROM THE STATES TO VOTE FOR AVIGDOR JUST TO FOIL THIS DEAL WITH YOU MR. ASAD.
14. Always one 1 step away always RIGHT ???
M. S. ,   mpls america   (03.18.09)
I realize Arab leaders love to point out they are always one 1 step away from Peace with Israel alas that last final step is a mirage it does no not exist the differences only exist it is how to co exist with differences that real life is alas Syria wants the Golen Heights area back Arabs want land back Israel has so little Arabs so much Netanyahu is no diffferent than any Israel leader they have the most they know how to talk one 1 step away politicis I do no not thus I have nothing RIGHT ??? Thank You... M. S.
15. Another Arab-muslim bigmouth
Brad ,   USA   (03.18.09)
You are always within reach of peace. Just stop trying to destroy Israel, and Israel will stop kicking the crap out of you arab-muslim, coward, crybabies. GOT IT?
16. Golan
marcel   (03.19.09)
Syria is the center of hamas and along with iran support hezbollah. She has no sincere intention of peace with israel. Olmert has no ideal of what golan withdrawal means in security terms because he is a military failure. just as his ideas about gaza which he foisted onto sharon were dead wrong at that time, dead wrong.So in Turkey,, he felt prey to erdogan's moslem trick, you hurt turkish honor, but at the last second after having offered all of golan, something tipped him, he knew he was in trouble, so he said he had to consult back in israel. He escaped by a hair, and israel likewise. Olmert has no concept of security, no understanding of working the land up, and has inspired israeli weakness and fear. Bottom line, rockets in the north and south, gilad not coming home, goldwasser, regeve and about 200 israelis dead. This is what this piece of filth has given to israel. May he rot in jail like madoff.
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