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President Shimon Peres standing with Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim during their meeting in Jerusalem on Thursday. (Reuters) Last update - 21:01 14/02/2008 Brazilian FM: Assad ready to launch dialogue with Israel By Haaretz Service Tags: Israel, Brazil, Syria  Syrian President Bashar Assad is prepared to launch a dialogue with Israel, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim told President Shimon Peres on Thursday, the president's office said in a statement. Peres and Amorim met at the President's official residence in Jerusalem Thursday. According to Peres' statement, the Brazilian minister arrived in Israel directly from Syria, shortly after meeting with Assad. Amorim told Peres that he and the Syrian president discussed the option of launching peace talks between Syria and Israel. Advertisement Peres told Amorim that though Israel is a peace-seeking country, it cannot ignore Assad's past deceptions. "He can't hold out one hand to peace, and with the other hand fund and arm terrorist organizations, namely Hamas and Hezbollah," Peres said. Amorim asked how Brazil could contribute to the peace process between the two Middle East countries and said "We don't take any one side over the other. We don't care about oil; we are interested in mediating only to resolve the conflict between Israel and its neighbors out of goodwill." Related articles: Bill Clinton: Israel-Syria peace deal could be reached within 35 minutes Assad: Peace talks only if Israel guarantees return of Golan Assad: I want peace with Israel, but failure may lead to war U.S. envoy denies pressure on Israel not to engage in talks with Syria Bookmark to del.icio.us   'We lost a great leader' Dignitaries honor the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress. Deadly incursion A mentally disabled Palestinian dies of wounds sustained in a West Bank IDF arrest raid.   1.   The Golan Heights can be our Hong Kong 21:36  |  Israeli 14/02/08   2.   Political Samba School 21:37  |  Gideon Reader 14/02/08   3.   Yesterday he killed Mughniyeh, today he wants peace with Israel 22:05  |  Ronen 14/02/08   4.   Don´t trust Brazil 22:19  |  Leandro Guerra 14/02/08   5.   Peace Offer Translation 22:23  |  Cristian 14/02/08   6.   Stop selling goods to Iran !!!!!!!!!!! 23:04  |  Alberto Cohen 14/02/08   7.   two nobody little states 00:04  |  robert carrington 15/02/08   8.   Assad can speak for himself 00:28  |  B (The other one) 15/02/08   9.   Playing the Jewish card 00:33  |  akkiva 15/02/08   10.   Brazilian Workers Party and Syrian Baath agreement 01:43  |  Gustavo 15/02/08   11.   Syria is now playing the double game..... 01:50  |  Stephen 15/02/08   12.   #1 You have to OWN it to LEASE it, Israeli 02:03  |  Johnboy 15/02/08   13.   The old refrain all over again,the Brazilian FM is playing Syria 02:29  |  lakshmi 15/02/08   14.   This Brazilian Government is pro-arabic 03:32  |  Carlos 15/02/08   15.   Exactly how would a Brazil leader be privy to this info RIGHT ??? 05:29  |  M. S. 15/02/08

Today Online Nasrallah: Blood of Mughniyah will lead to Israel's elimination Responses: 367 Israeli embassies on high alert following Mughniyah killing Responses: 82 Yossi Melman: It's not whether Hezbollah will respond, but how Responses: 112 Ballistic expert: Israel ignoring option of U.S. anti-rocket system Responses: 135 Shmuel Rosner: Israel has always been involved in U.S. elections Responses: 43 Rosner's Domain The U.S. and Mughniyah / Not just 'who' but also 'where' Most blatant example of Israeli interference in American election How Lantos was different (WTR) Poll: Was killing Mughniyah both justified and wise? Guest: Bush is a friend very wise and courageous More Headlines 00:35 Israel issues abduction warning for citizens traveling abroad 03:37 ANALYSIS: Roiled Hezbollah chief throws down the gauntlet 04:57 Palestinians: Ailing woman dies after IDF denies her ambulance 04:27 Livni, PA say oppose Olmert bid to put off Jerusalem talks 03:00 Livni to tell Rice: Qassams must stop before end of peace talks 02:38 Jewish functionaries are stirring up the Clinton-Obama race 05:04 Contractors named for controversial Har Homa housing plan 05:19 Iran Jews celebrate Persian roots, seek to maintain shrinking community 06:04 Poland's 1st woman rabbi embarks on mission to build modern Jewish life 04:17 Syrian FM says investigations into Mughniyah killing underway 21:21 Dignitaries honor Tom Lantos; Livni: World lost a great leader 01:22 U.S. charges Israeli man for trying to sell stolen French antiques 02:43 Diplomats: U.S. recently shared new batch of intel on Iran with IAEA Previous Editions Select Day 14 feb 13 feb 12 feb 11 feb 10 feb 08 feb 07 feb 06 feb 05 feb 04 feb 03 feb 01 feb

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