By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent: Damascus: Talks with Israel only after U.S. and Israeli elections
Talkback
Title:Earth to Haaretz Headline Writer, come in Headline writer
Name:Mark Lincoln
City: HoustonState: Texas
"Damascus: Talks with Israel only after U.S., Israeli elections"
- Haaret Headline

I realize it is the job of a headline writer to make the headlines seem as ominous and threatening as possible.

But the US elections were over a year ago, and the next ones are not until two years from now.