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Damascus: Talks with Israel only after U.S. and Israeli elections
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Syria 

Damascus has proposed that Turkish-mediated talks with Israel resume "officially,' perhaps even directly, after Barack Obama assumes the U.S. presidency and a new government is elected in Israel, according to a reporter from the Qatari paper Al-Watan, in Damascus.

Arab sources told the paper that until that time, Syria is not interested in continuing talks with Israel.

The Arab sources said Syria preferred to wait and see what Israel's new government's policies would be as far as the peace process is concerned. The sources noted that there was concern that the Israeli right would come to power and would not seek to continue negotiations.
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The sources added that Damascus wants the document that Syria presented to Israel via Turkish mediators - which discusses the future border between the two countries - to constitute the legal basis for discussions between the two countries, assuming Israel agrees to the document.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is due to leave for Ankara Monday for a meeting about the peace process with Syria with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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      1.   how about waiting for democratic elections in syria? 03:03  |  Arie 22/12/08
      2.   Earth to Haaretz Headline Writer, come in Headline writer 03:12  |  Mark Lincoln 22/12/08
      3.   Makes sense. Ulmart is useless ... 08:12  |  Kobi 22/12/08
      4.   ?and to starth with, the Golan Highs should remain Israeli! 08:14  |  Jean Van Daem 22/12/08
      5.   Syria Has Nothing To Offer but forgetting the Golan 08:18  |  Baruch Gold 22/12/08
      6.   Let`s also wait for the next President---of Syria 09:28  |  Mushma Oule 22/12/08
      7.   TALK WITH OBAMA RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT 10:37  |  indrajaya 22/12/08
      8.   there is nothing to talk about 10:51  |  amir drori 22/12/08
      9.   why would israel give up the high ground 10:54  |  haim erez 22/12/08
      10.   ehud olmert is leaving soon 10:56  |  dan laner 22/12/08
      11.   we have been in the golan for over 40 years 10:58  |  israel granit 22/12/08
      12.   Syria waiting for the messiah 11:19  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/12/08
      13.   #1 I agree 11:29  |  David G 22/12/08
      14.   Assad is using all the right tactics by playing hard to get 12:14  |  zionist forever 22/12/08
      15.   # 1 arie 13:07  |  Axel 22/12/08
      16.   HOW ABOUT NO TALKS W/ TEHRAN TILL AFTER THEIR ELECTIONS? 14:17  |  Petra 22/12/08
      17.   #9 Because you guarantee that future war, haim 14:19  |  Johnboy 22/12/08
      18.   SYRIA AND IRAN ARE JOKES 14:19  |  Petra 22/12/08
      19.   Syria wants land, not peace 14:19  |  Mark Jeffery Koch 22/12/08
      20.   johnboy and the golan 14:39  |  haim erez 22/12/08
      21.   johnboy australia is too far away 14:41  |  haim erez 22/12/08
      22.   johnboy this alawite gang has thought nothing of massacring 20000 14:44  |  haim erez 22/12/08
      23.   johnboy assad murdered the lebanese pm hariri 14:46  |  haim erez 22/12/08
      24.   johnboy a large group of lebanese christian 14:51  |  haim erez 22/12/08
      25.   so axel syria being a thuggish state is israel`s fault 15:05  |  erwin honigstein 22/12/08
      26.   #17, johnboy 15:20  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/12/08
      27.   To CJK (#12) 17:11  |  Morris Valentine 22/12/08
      28.   11 Israel Granit 18:21  |  ballistic 22/12/08
      29.   `Prime Minister Olmert"...! not even elected by the people 18:32  |  Natasha 22/12/08
      30.   # 29 natasha 20:30  |  Axel 22/12/08
      31.   ballistic you deserve a tip.another cup please 22:27  |  israel granit 22/12/08
      32.   As if ..... 23:01  |  Angel 22/12/08
      33.   say bullestic,why would you want to squat on something not your 23:15  |  terrornator 22/12/08
      34.   # 31 israel granit 23:38  |  Axel 22/12/08
      35.   #26 You are kidding, Cipora! 01:01  |  Johnboy 23/12/08
      36.   axel "so whats your point" 01:10  |  israel granit 23/12/08
      37.   axel "what good paying jobs has israel for immigrants" 01:13  |  israel granit 23/12/08
      38.   axel on more then one occasion there was a tug of war 01:16  |  israel granit 23/12/08
      39.   johnboy and the golan 01:20  |  baroukh mizrahi 23/12/08
      40.   johnboy a glimmer of light 01:25  |  yoram yair 23/12/08
      41.   #26 You are kidding, Cipora Part 2 03:28  |  Johnboy 23/12/08
      42.   Who`s the deciderer? (JB, #41) 06:16  |  Morris Valentine 23/12/08
      43.   # 16 in tehran they dont talk 06:48  |  me 23/12/08
      44.   #27, Morris Valentine, important differences 1 07:41  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/12/08
      45.   #27, Morris Valentine, important differences 2 07:55  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/12/08
      46.   johnny 08:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/12/08
      47.   #31 Israel Granit 21:48  |  ballistic 23/12/08
      48.   #5 Say Baruch 22:04  |  ballistic 23/12/08
      49.   #12 Oh Cipora, having trouble with the splinter 22:07  |  ballistic 23/12/08
      50.   #46 Such a laugh, Cipora. 00:09  |  Johnboy 24/12/08
      51.   To CJK, on differences 06:01  |  Morris Valentine 24/12/08
      52.   # 39 Quite right! 12:54  |  Petra 24/12/08
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