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Israeli, Syrian representatives reach secret understandings
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel, Syria, Akiva Eldar 

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In a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria.

The main points of the understandings are as follows:
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  • An agreement of principles will be signed between the two countries, and following the fulfillment of all commitments, a peace agreement will be signed.

  • As part of the agreement on principles, Israel will withdraw from the Golan Heights to the lines of 4 June, 1967. The timetable for the withdrawal remained open: Syria demanded the pullout be carried out over a five-year period, while Israel asked for the withdrawal to be spread out over 15 years.

  • At the buffer zone, along Lake Kinneret, a park will be set up for joint use by Israelis and Syrians. The park will cover a significant portion of the Golan Heights. Israelis will be free to access the park and their presence will not be dependent on Syrian approval.

  • Israel will retain control over the use of the waters of the Jordan River and Lake Kinneret.

  • The border area will be demilitarized along a 1:4 ratio (in terms of territory) in Israel's favor.

  • According to the terms, Syria will also agree to end its support for Hezbollah and Hamas and will distance itself from Iran.

  • Click for map of territorial arrangements

    The document is described as a "non-paper," a document of understandings that is not signed and lacks legal standing - its nature is political. It was prepared in August 2005 and has been updated during a number of meetings in Europe.

    The meetings were carried out with the knowledge of senior officials in the government of former prime minister Ariel Sharon. The last meeting took place during last summer's war in Lebanon.

    Government officials received updates on the meetings via the European mediator and also through Dr. Alon Liel, a former director general at the Foreign Ministry, who took part in all the meetings.

    The European mediator and the Syrian representative in the discussions held eight separate meetings with senior Syrian officials, including Vice President Farouk Shara, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, and a Syrian intelligence officer with the rank of "general."

    The contacts ended after the Syrians demanded an end to meetings on an unofficial level and called for a secret meeting at the level of deputy minister, on the Syrian side, with an Israeli official at the rank of a ministry's director general, including the participation of a senior American official. Israel did not agree to this Syrian request.

    The Syrian representative in the talks, Ibrahim (Abe) Suleiman, an American citizen, had visited Jerusalem and delivered a message to senior officials at the Foreign Ministry regarding the Syrian wish for an agreement with Israel. The Syrians also asked for help in improving their relations with the United States, and particularly in lifting the American embargo on Syria.

    For his part, the European mediator stressed that the Syrian leadership is concerned that the loss of petroleum revenues will lead to an economic crash in the country and could consequently undermine the stability of the Assad regime.

    According to Geoffrey Aronson, an American from the Washington-based Foundation for Middle East Peace, who was involved in the talks, an agreement under American auspices would call for Syria to ensure that Hezbollah would limit itself to being solely a political party.

    He also told Haaretz that Khaled Meshal, Hamas' political bureau chief, based in Damascus, would have to leave the Syrian capital.

    Syria would also exercise its influence for a solution to the conflict in Iraq, through an agreement between Shi'a leader Muqtada Sadr and the Sunni leadership, and in addition, it would contribute to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the refugee problem.

    Aronson said the idea of a park on the Golan Heights allows for the Syrian demand that Israel pull back to the June 4 border, on the one hand, while on the other hand, the park eliminates Israeli concerns that Syrians will have access to the water sources of Lake Kinneret.

    "This was a serious and honest effort to find creative solutions to practical problems that prevented an agreement from being reached during Barak's [tenure as prime minister] and to create an atmosphere of building confidence between the two sides," he said.

    It also emerged that one of the Syrian messages to Israel had to do with the ties between Damascus and Tehran. In the message, the Alawi regime - the Assad family being members of the Alawi minority - asserts that it considers itself to be an integral part of the Sunni world and that it objects to the Shi'a theocratic regime, and is particularly opposed to Iran's policy in Iraq. A senior Syrian official stressed that a peace agreement with Israel will enable Syria to distance itself from Iran.

    Liel refused to divulge details about the meetings but confirmed that they had taken place. He added that meetings on an unofficial level have been a fairly common phenomenon during the past decade.

    "We insisted on making the existence of meetings known to the relevant parties," Liel said. "Nonetheless, there was no official Israeli connection to the content of the talks and to the ideas that were raised during the meetings."

    Prior to these meetings, Liel was involved in an effort to further secret talks between Syria and Israel with the aid of Turkish mediation - following a request for assistance President Assad had made to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

    That attempt failed following Israel's refusal to hold talks on an official level - and a Syrian refusal to restrict the talks to an "academic level," similar to the framework of the talks that had preceded the Oslo accords.

    There was no initial formal response from the Prime Minister's Office after the story broke early on Tuesday. But the Israel Radio quoted unnamed senior Israeli officials as stating that Israel is not holding contacts with Syria.

    More on the Israel-Syria contacts:
  • The full text of the draft document
  • BACKGROUND: From Turkey, via Europe, to Damascus
  • Timeline of talks
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      2.   DO IT! 04:08  |  Ian MacKenzie 16/01/07
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      4.   Israel will pay the price,Israel must name the tune 04:14  |  Akram Zekaria 16/01/07
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      6.   secret understandings reached 04:16  |  Dana 16/01/07
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      8.   Speechless at this moment... 04:16  |  Dutch Dirk 16/01/07
      9.   This Spells Disaster 04:20  |  Andrew 16/01/07
      10.   Reliability of Haaretz Information 04:24  |  Michael 16/01/07
      11.   about time 04:24  |  igor 16/01/07
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      14.   REMARKABLE 04:27  |  Brant 16/01/07
      15.   Pals learn from this!!!! 04:28  |  Joseph 16/01/07
      16.   Why is this Suddenly News today?? 04:29  |  h 16/01/07
      17.   Whose land? 04:30  |  David 16/01/07
      18.   It makes too much sense 04:32  |  Robert 16/01/07
      19.   a fabricated or fictional story ????? 04:35  |  Sam (UK) 16/01/07
      20.   The more you think about this 04:41  |  Robert 16/01/07
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      22.   IDIOTS, THIS DEAL WILL NEVER WORK 04:48  |  20 X 20 16/01/07
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      40.   Hope it`s true, it would be nice 05:21  |  Dave from Chicago 16/01/07
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      42.   Don`t miss another opportunity, PEACE for the region!!! 05:24  |  KimS 16/01/07
      43.   More insanity from a worthless government 05:24  |  Steve 16/01/07
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      45.   Idiots Traitors 05:35  |  Sam Weinstein 16/01/07
      46.   secrets 05:37  |  ben 16/01/07
      47.   The Golan keeps the peace taking it away will only cause war. 05:42  |  David G 16/01/07
      48.   While I want to be hopeful don`t be fooled into a sense that 05:43  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/01/07
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      102.   While I want to be hopeful don`t be fooled into a sense that 08:08  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/01/07
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      105.   peace?? 08:21  |  michel 16/01/07
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      112.   SYRIA 08:42  |  NAJI BENAJI 16/01/07
      113.   What about Katzrin & other Golan villages? 08:54  |  Mark Klein, M.D. 16/01/07
      114.   A real opportunity 08:54  |  WI 16/01/07
      115.   #87 Yoni is right 08:56  |  Hastaroth 16/01/07
      116.   re: Massaraksh #50 08:58  |  Paulo 16/01/07
      117.   re: Marwan #106 09:01  |  Paulo 16/01/07
      118.   Marilyn re All for Israel 09:03  |  Phinias Whoppy 16/01/07
      119.   Don`t lose the North 09:05  |  Theodor 16/01/07
      120.   sharon`s mother said it best 09:11  |  stan 16/01/07
      121.   #116 Paulo refresh your memory please! 09:11  |  Hastaroth 16/01/07
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      123.   #107 Semsem - the Golan 09:15  |  Johnboy 16/01/07
      124.   #113 "What about Katzrin & other Golan villages?" 09:17  |  Johnboy 16/01/07
      125.   #109 Marilyn the Australian amnesia 09:18  |  Hastaroth 16/01/07
      126.   Assad is once again..... 09:19  |  Archangel 16/01/07
      127.   #9 Andrew 09:21  |  Archangel 16/01/07
      128.   This "report" is a pile of steaming buffalo droppings 09:22  |  Clickfool 16/01/07
      129.   A foreplay without the real thing 09:25  |  Michael N 16/01/07
      130.   Uh HUH! 09:27  |  Johnny 16/01/07
      131.   forget it !!! THERS NO PROFIT IN ANY ARRANGEMENT WITH SYRIA 09:28  |  paul harris 16/01/07
      132.   #12 David 09:28  |  Archangel 16/01/07
      133.   johnboy has never had a good word for israel 09:33  |  flashman 16/01/07
      134.   This newspaper is amazing! 09:33  |  dumbo 16/01/07
      135.   johnboy"olmert needed to knock something 09:35  |  flashman 16/01/07
      136.   A testing time is needed 09:36  |  Tzfonit 16/01/07
      137.   Hannah, dear, I am sure you`ll have something to say 09:38  |  Petra 16/01/07
      138.   DIVIDE AND CONTROL 09:47  |  indrajaya 16/01/07
      139.   This article seems little bit suspicions. 09:56  |  dzone 16/01/07
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      144.   indrajaya we are flattered 10:08  |  tommy suharto 16/01/07
      145.   Look more lies . . . . 10:09  |  revoltop 16/01/07
      146.   No. 126 Andrew ... a wholly stupid argument ... 10:11  |  Theodor 16/01/07
      147.   suspicious 10:32  |  steve 16/01/07
      148.   demilitarize 95% of syria & then its a good start 10:35  |  rich 16/01/07
      149.   375 johnboy decides to be JEWISH and comment 10:38  |  paul harris 16/01/07
      150.   #109 SOUR GRAPES FROM OZ IN THE SHAPE OF MARYLIN 10:40  |  paul harris 16/01/07
      151.   The "1967 borders" is a dangerous issue 10:44  |  Shlomo from Tel-Aviv 16/01/07
      152.   More question marks about something or nothing. 10:48  |  H.H.M 16/01/07
      153.   #102 Marwan has no credibility . . . 10:52  |  revoltop 16/01/07
      154.   Who but Clickfool, a self appointed expert on buffalo 10:55  |  Mufasa 16/01/07
      155.   Baby steps... avoided, regardless. Venom. 10:59  |  Giles Martin 16/01/07
      156.   Strategic Leak: 11:04  |  dg 16/01/07
      157.   # 144, (FALSE) TOMMY SOEHARTO 11:05  |  indrajaya 16/01/07
      158.   "pile of steaming buffalo droppings" Click128 11:09  |  S 16/01/07
      159.   Dodging peace opportunities, as usual 11:11  |  www.kibush.co.il 16/01/07
      160.   Nearly forgot.... 11:11  |  Rufus 16/01/07
      161.   Yes 11:19  |  Shaun Appleby 16/01/07
      162.   # 12&17 David 11:20  |  Josef 16/01/07
      163.   Why now??? 11:29  |  Nadir 16/01/07
      164.   The mother of all questions (part 2) 11:38  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/01/07
      165.   you`ve got to be kidding me 11:39  |  leb 16/01/07
      166.   The timing of the Haaretz hoax 11:45  |  Jonathan S 16/01/07
      167.   Will end like the oslo accords 11:53  |  C 16/01/07
      168.   The art of disinformation 11:56  |  Al-Muallim 16/01/07
      169.   Looks like a hoax...walks like a hoax.... 12:00  |  Hoax Detector 16/01/07
      170.   About the Jew - Geoffrey Aronson..Who Is He ? 12:03  |  Klaudia 16/01/07
      171.   obviously not true 12:04  |  Peter 16/01/07
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      173.   Fundamentals of Negotiation 12:07  |  mw4peace 16/01/07
      174.   # 164, SWISS (DINO), THE MOTHER OF ALL ANSWERS (2) 12:08  |  indrajaya 16/01/07
      175.   Golan heights 12:16  |  Simon 16/01/07
      176.   re: Hastaroth #121 12:37  |  Paulo 16/01/07
      177.   Rotten smell 12:45  |  Gene 16/01/07
      178.   # 173 indrajaya 12:49  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/01/07
      179.   Mum`s da woid 13:01  |  Yonatan 16/01/07
      180.   Syria and Israel understanding is rubbish 13:02  |  Chaim Gorenstein 16/01/07
      181.   #33 Sam -read the Hebrew print edition 13:03  |  Yonatan 16/01/07
      182.   # 173 indrajaya (2) just a completion.... 13:06  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/01/07
      183.   I rather bomb Damascus out of existance 13:09  |  Steven 16/01/07
      184.   #128 Clickfool droppings v Buffalo droppings 13:13  |  Zardos 16/01/07
      185.   Curses, foiled again! (Clickfool, revoltingtop, et al.) 13:14  |  Yonatan 16/01/07
      186.   If This Report Is True... 13:20  |  Victor Smolinsky 16/01/07
      187.   Indrajaya`s non-sense 13:24  |  Rufus 16/01/07
      188.   #166 Jonathan S, "hoax" 13:28  |  Raul 16/01/07
      189.   Uh oh! More pieces of paper... 13:37  |  Simon Cohen 16/01/07
      190.   Ian MacKenzie fast to post but knows little 13:37  |  Steven 16/01/07
      191.   oh and also Mashiah will come and play in the park! 13:38  |  paul 16/01/07
      192.   #33 Sam - and read the Hebrew internet edition too 13:39  |  Yonatan 16/01/07
      193.   To all those claiming it`s a hoax... 13:41  |  Natan 16/01/07
      194.   Photo of Livni, But No Mention of Her in the Stories 13:43  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 16/01/07
      195.   to the anti-semites 13:47  |  michael 16/01/07
      196.   Good ole Zardos # 184 13:49  |  Clickfool 16/01/07
      197.   Peace with whom? 13:58  |  JS 16/01/07
      198.   Clickfool No 196 "Good ole Zardos" is FAKE 14:09  |  Clickfool 16/01/07
      199.   Best news I`ve heard in awhile 14:13  |  Palestinian in UK 16/01/07
      200.   Al-Jazeera Picked Up the Story 14:13  |  Shaun Appleby 16/01/07
      201.   michael 195 14:13  |  Steven 16/01/07
      202.   To Raul about the Haaretz hoax 14:14  |  Jonathan S 16/01/07
      203.   Tree vs. Tank 14:17  |  Mark 16/01/07
      204.   #176 Paulo 14:19  |  Hastaroth 16/01/07
      205.   Golan Heights 14:24  |  Aron Nilsson 16/01/07
      206.   Just a thought 14:25  |  Chris Linthwaite 16/01/07
      207.   #173 Re "Fundamentals of negotiation" 14:30  |  Hastaroth 16/01/07
      208.   To Yonatan- We got the scoop first 14:35  |  Sam 16/01/07
      209.   #183 Steven 14:35  |  Chris Linthwaite 16/01/07
      210.   #187, RUFUS 14:39  |  indrajaya 16/01/07
      211.   #151 Shlomo is worried about "1967 borders" 14:42  |  Johnboy 16/01/07
      212.   #193 Natan and the Butcher of Damascus 14:46  |  Johnboy 16/01/07
      213.   steven you may be correct 14:50  |  michael 16/01/07
      214.   Chris Linthwaite and the Editors 205 14:59  |  Steven 16/01/07
      215.   PEACE FOR PEACE 14:59  |  B 16/01/07
      216.   Golan Heights - reality check 15:02  |  Cavler Crociatus 16/01/07
      217.   michael 213 15:07  |  Steven 16/01/07
      218.   #202 Jonathan S, "demilitarised Golan" 15:10  |  Raul 16/01/07
      219.   #208 Sam - Here`s possibly why 15:15  |  Yonatan 16/01/07
      220.   Johnboy sorry you are ignorant 211 15:15  |  Steven 16/01/07
      221.   another dream that assad cant pull off 15:16  |  zionist forever 16/01/07
      222.   I believe in land for peace 15:26  |  Jeremiah Jacobs 16/01/07
      223.   Fake or not fake Clickfool?? 15:32  |  Rufus 16/01/07
      224.   Palestinian #199 15:33  |  JJ 16/01/07
      225.   What of Hezbollah 15:35  |  * BEN JABO 16/01/07
      226.   They can meet as much as they want. Palestine first 15:36  |  Tamir Gaza 16/01/07
      227.   secret syrian-Israeli deal 15:40  |  Ray 16/01/07
      228.   Palestinian in UK, is this the best news for you? 15:46  |  Tamir Gaza 16/01/07
      229.   secret understanding 15:47  |  Jozef 16/01/07
      230.   to Dutch Dirk 15:50  |  Inge 16/01/07
      231.   Tamir Gaza you have a one tract mind 15:53  |  Steven 16/01/07
      232.   For the daft writer of message 198 15:54  |  Clickfool 16/01/07
      233.   For Rufus # 219 15:56  |  Clickfool 16/01/07
      234.   Great Balls of Fire! Somebody get the smelling salts 16:06  |  Jacob Blues 16/01/07
      235.   golan? 16:07  |  baracuda 16/01/07
      236.   Yonatan 16:09  |  Danite 16/01/07
      237.   Steven, its up to me 16:12  |  Tamir Gaza 16/01/07
      238.   Clickfool..FAKE or NOT FAKE...who cares really? 16:12  |  albert amato 16/01/07
      239.   ISRAELI`S WANT PEACE BAD ENOUGH TO COMMIT SUICIDE? 16:16  |  DAVID 16/01/07
      240.   Ovediah, don`t mistake hope for acquiesence 16:18  |  Jacob Blues 16/01/07
      241.   Israel looses more than assad gains 16:25  |  zionist forever 16/01/07
      242.   Probably all of the above HHM 16:26  |  Jacob Blues 16/01/07
      243.   Thugs and Thugs for reveltop 16:28  |  Jacob Blues 16/01/07
      244.   Secret Understandings 16:36  |  NDM 16/01/07
      245.   Don`t worry Yonatan, there`s still plenty for the Jew bashers... 16:36  |  Jacob Blues 16/01/07
      246.   #113 Mr. Klein 16:37  |  JES 16/01/07
      247.   It can`t be true! It just sounds too sensible! 16:38  |  Toronto`s Finest 16/01/07
      248.   security 16:41  |  michael 16/01/07
      249.   Israeli Syrian peace worked very well in Lebanon 16:42  |  Bimmer 16/01/07
      250.   Hoax upon hoax? 16:51  |  Raul 16/01/07
      251.   Indrajaya 16:58  |  DAVID KAPLAN 16/01/07
      252.   biblical Israel 16:59  |  augustine e johnson 16/01/07
      253.   Watch the denials beggining already....Syria is full of sh..t 17:11  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/01/07
      254.   # 245 Jacob Blues 17:20  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/01/07
      255.   Marwan 17:26  |  ODP 16/01/07
      256.   to the editor: 17:29  |  Rufus 16/01/07
      257.   #214 Steven 17:37  |  Chris Linthwaite 16/01/07
      258.   Peace with Syria a strategic need, Will Olmert defy Bush? 17:49  |  David Turner 16/01/07
      259.   Re # 142 , Media Controlling Jew 17:51  |  Henk 16/01/07
      260.   Funny Dino, but when I read these responses today 17:56  |  Jacob Blues 16/01/07
      261.   To Danite and Jacob Blues, don`t worry 17:56  |  Yonatan 16/01/07
      262.   For Augustine E.Johnson # 252 17:57  |  Clickfool 16/01/07
      263.   it looks like 2007 isn`t going2Banother year of the ROCKETS. 17:58  |  Harri 16/01/07
      264.   As for a positive Likud poll, Dino 18:04  |  Jacob Blues 16/01/07
      265.   Oh, and for the record, Dino 18:05  |  Jacob Blues 16/01/07
      266.   This is the biggest lie of 21 century, Golan never will give back 18:23  |  e.m 16/01/07
      267.   # 260 Jacob Blues 18:25  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/01/07
      268.   Strategic Value of Golan Heights 18:27  |  Bruriah Sarah 16/01/07
      269.   Peace lovers? 18:27  |  Turk 16/01/07
      270.   Baby Assad #258 David Turner 18:28  |  Raul 16/01/07
      271.   ##12 Peace 4 land. 18:32  |  Marge 16/01/07
      272.   DAMASCUS WILL BECOME A PARK FOR ISRAELIS 18:36  |  The only Truth 16/01/07
      273.   From stormfront to national enquirer 18:37  |  peter 16/01/07
      274.   Israel will never surrender the Golan willingly 18:42  |  Clickfool 16/01/07
      275.   # 264 Jacob Blues (1) 18:44  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/01/07
      276.   Israel will keep the Golan ...if it wants to exist. 18:47  |  albert amato 16/01/07
      277.   # 264 Jacob Blues 18:50  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/01/07
      278.   hurting assad through sanctions will bring results 19:03  |  zionist forever 16/01/07
      279.   Auschwitz borders 19:23  |  Jonathan S 16/01/07
      280.   peace for parks 19:25  |  Turk 16/01/07
      281.   Zionist forever 19:36  |  Danite 16/01/07
      282.   Yonatan 19:43  |  Danite 16/01/07
      283.   Wishfull thinking 20:03  |  Robert 16/01/07
      284.   good, a practical agreement! 20:03  |  Saul Tobin 16/01/07
      285.   Give Peace a Chance 20:12  |  dan 16/01/07
      286.   Re:danite, Not a Golan and not a Yehoda and shomron 20:15  |  e.m 16/01/07
      287.   Put Golan under UN-mandate for a time 20:26  |  Turk 16/01/07
      288.   Hopefully true 20:26  |  Simon 16/01/07
      289.   Haaretz 20:28  |  Danite 16/01/07
      290.   Not serious 21:09  |  Tosefta 16/01/07
      291.   Just keep the wineries! 21:46  |  Jeff 16/01/07
      292.   Condos on the Heights 21:48  |  Lynn 16/01/07
      293.   # 280 Peace Parks 21:53  |  Lynn 16/01/07
      294.   BEN JABO 21:56  |  Lynn 16/01/07
      295.   # 232 Clickfool 22:00  |  Lynn 16/01/07
      296.   Plausible deniability has its downsides 22:05  |  Paul Freedman 16/01/07
      297.   Peace understanding 22:11  |  Raymond J. Ryan 16/01/07
      298.   Paulo: Do You Remember What Jesus Said About Wasting Pearls? 22:17  |  massaraksh 16/01/07
      299.   #220 Steven - would be, if that was the line in question 22:26  |  Johnboy 16/01/07
      300.   Yes, do it! 22:30  |  Maria Stahlberg 16/01/07
      301.   Golan for the Syrians, Peace for us 22:48  |  JR 16/01/07
      302.   We will all be happy when the holy land is at Peace. 22:57  |  Brandon 16/01/07
      303.   The carriage and the horses; Bush&Olmert on the road to Damascus 23:04  |  Tosefta 16/01/07
      304.   #290 US must give Syria financial support? 23:08  |  Lynn 16/01/07
      305.   CONVENIENT TIMING 1 23:17  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/01/07
      306.   CONVENIENT TIMING 2 23:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/01/07
      307.   Finally 23:28  |  damir 16/01/07
      308.   @304 Lynn: who`s living on who`s wallet? 23:40  |  Mark B. 16/01/07
      309.   #301 JR Don`t get your hopes up too high 23:57  |  * BEN JABO 16/01/07
      310.   MORE PHONEY BALONEY YES NO YES NO 00:01  |  paul harris 17/01/07
      311.   Jeff 00:11  |  Danite 17/01/07
      312.   Israeli, Syrian Meetings 00:14  |  Benjamin 17/01/07
      313.   Livni and Assad agreemetn 00:18  |  Ben 17/01/07
      314.   Sorry Dino, Geneva is in your part of the world 00:20  |  Jacob Blues 17/01/07
      315.   part of modern syria belongs to 00:21  |  maria 17/01/07
      316.   clickfool, the bible says, you`re really a fool. 00:27  |  maria 17/01/07
      317.   Dino, you`re setting up Netanyahu as a straw man fall guy 00:27  |  Jacob Blues 17/01/07
      318.   Tosefta #303 00:30  |  TonyL 17/01/07
      319.   Hope and a BIG problem 00:32  |  Mark Lincoln 17/01/07
      320.   Supporting Syria (Lynn #304) 00:34  |  Tosefta 17/01/07
      321.   #309 Some facts, please, *BEN JABO 00:44  |  Johnboy 17/01/07
      322.   TO NO 28 00:49  |  DANNY. 17/01/07
      323.   #287 Turk, the UN doesn`t take sovereignty off a member nation 00:50  |  Johnboy 17/01/07
      324.   THE USUAL SOUNDS 00:57  |  DANNY 17/01/07
      325.   THE USUAL SOUNDS 01:00  |  DANNY. 17/01/07
      326.   MARILYN NO 109 01:10  |  DANNY 17/01/07
      327.   TO 119 01:13  |  DANNY. 17/01/07
      328.   DANITE #289 01:17  |  GABE1 17/01/07
      329.   Supporting Syria (Lynn #304) - 2nd try 01:20  |  Tosefta 17/01/07
      330.   Clicky 01:31  |  Neal 17/01/07
      331.   Out of public view `belee ayin hara` 01:45  |  Joe 17/01/07
      332.   for Clickfool, Chris, Tosefta, marylin, Hannah 01:46  |  ChanahS 17/01/07
      333.   Ariel`s work continues while he is in a coma 01:48  |  Ben Azai 17/01/07
      334.   #268 Brurih Sarah and the strategic value of the Golan 01:51  |  Johnboy 17/01/07
      335.   Mark Lincoln: A question 02:15  |  Tosefta 17/01/07
      336.   # 268 02:17  |  ChanahS 17/01/07
      337.   Mark B. # 308 Money 02:28  |  Jeff Northridge 17/01/07
      338.   Great Idea 02:49  |  Heinz 17/01/07
      339.   Johnboy # 315 Guarantees 03:05  |  Jeff Northridge 17/01/07
      340.   Tosefta #335 03:31  |  TonyL 17/01/07
      341.   Olmert and diplomatic double-speak 03:39  |  David Turner 17/01/07
      342.   Joe # 331 Secret Talks 04:03  |  Jeff Northridge 17/01/07
      343.   Johnboy # 335 Pot-Shots? 04:53  |  Jeff Northridge 17/01/07
      344.   trash 05:05  |  Michael N 17/01/07
      345.   Tosefta #335 05:34  |  TonyL 17/01/07
      346.   WHY SYRIA NEEDS G.H. 06:55  |  COMMONSENSE 17/01/07
      347.   Get a deal done already 06:55  |  Bryan 17/01/07
      348.   To Marwan Khoury 07:07  |  Elias Khoury 17/01/07
      349.   #298 Massaraksh lies 07:14  |  Elias Khoury 17/01/07
      350.   #343 Jeff, read my post again 07:50  |  Johnboy 17/01/07
      351.   allawi is sunI?? lol, lmao, rofl 07:55  |  vlad g 17/01/07
      352.   #343 Jeff, now onto your specifics... 08:03  |  Johnboy 17/01/07