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Syrian FM Walid Moallem. (AP) Last update - 08:24 06/07/2008 Syria tells UN: Israel is burying nuclear waste in Golan Heights By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press Tags: Israel, Syria, France  Syria has complained to the United Nations about a series of alleged Israeli wrongdoings in the Golan Heights, including burying nuclear waste and discriminating against the region's Druze residents. The complaint was made in a report Syria handed to a UN fact-finding committee comprised of Senegal, Sri Lanka and Malaysia's ambassadors. The report came after Syria held a third round of indirect negotiations with Israel in Turkey this week. A Turkish government source said Thursday that both sides had agreed to hold a fourth round of indirect negotiations in Turkey in late July. Advertisement Syria listed in the report a number of alleged Israeli violations of the Golan's Druze inhabitants' human rights. In addition the nuclear claim, Damascus charged that Israel confiscates the Israeli ID cards of Druze students who return from studies in Syria, and that residents of the Golan continue to serve prison terms in Israeli jails, some of whom for dozens of years. Syria also protested the expansion in the strategic plateau of Israeli communities, which it termed settlements, as well as lamenting the fact that Golan residents continue to be injured by mines which have been planted in the region. On the issue of the prisoners, Haaretz has learned from Golan residents that the Israel Prison Service parole board is set to meet on Tuesday to discuss the early release of Sitan Al-Wali, who suffers from a serious illness. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, and the strategic territory remains the primary bone of contention between the two sides. Some 20,000 Druze live alongside a similar number Israelis in the Golan, many of whom continue to maintain at least nominal loyalty to Syria. Druze Golan residents told Haaretz on Saturday that the Syrian charge of nuclear waste being dumped in the region in fact relates to old claims, and that they themselves have no knowledge about any such activity. "We don't know about this, because this is not about activity within our communities. Furthermore, Jews who live here would also be hurt by this," the residents said. French, Syrian FMs meet to prepare Assad-Sarkozy talks The foreign ministers of France and Syria have met in Paris to prepare July 12 talks between Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Bashar Assad. Sarkozy's office announced the talks earlier this week in a major sign of change in frosty French-Syrian relations. The two presidents are to meet in Paris on the eve of a summit of dozens of leaders of European and Mediterranean countries. There have been clear hopes in Paris that the event could lead to separate, direct talks between the leaders of Syria and Israel. The French Foreign Ministry said Saturday that Bernard Kouchner and his counterpart, Walid al-Mouallem, used their working dinner Friday to discuss the Middle East peace process - but made no mention of a Syrian-Israeli encounter. On Friday, Syria's foreign minister said it was premature to talk of direct peace negotiations with Israel, a day after Israel had called for quickly starting face-to-face discussions. Related articles: Analysis / Arab world split on Israel presence at Med summit French President Sarkozy's top advisers meet with Syrian leader Mubarak stays away from Med union summit to shun Assad Bookmark to del.icio.us   Video attack West Bank settlers tie Palestinian man to phone pole and beat him. A static future Iran's nuclear program remains unchanged despite economic incentives.   1.   BALONEY 19:34  |  Iskander 05/07/08   2.   a secret mossad plan to give assad radiation poisening 22:12  |  zionist forever 05/07/08   3.   Lying Comes second nature to Arabs 22:29  |  Baruch Gold 05/07/08   4.   Reparation with Return of Golan to Syria 22:34  |  ID 05/07/08   5.   Syria tells UN: Israel is burying nuclear waste in Golan Heights 22:36  |  martin list, m.d. 05/07/08   6.   an answer for golan 23:55  |  jean marie 05/07/08   7.   Nuclear waste 00:09  |  Guy From NYC 06/07/08   8.   I thought these were internal matters 00:31  |  Steve from Raleigh 06/07/08   9.   4 00:32  |  zionist forever 06/07/08   10.   guy in nyc 00:53  |  kiwi girl 06/07/08   11.   All the farm produce 01:36  |  Free Gilad Shalit 06/07/08   12.   Kiwi Girl: if you want to be taken seriously, try to not lie 02:11  |  Richard S 06/07/08   13.   Big Fool 02:40  |  Middle East Guru 06/07/08   14.   Golan was a desert before Syria loosing it to Israel in a Gamble. 02:43  |  Middle East Guru 06/07/08   15.   any of you actually believe this sh$32t 03:00  |  Tarzan 06/07/08   16.   Druze...They get it BOTH ways... 03:08  |  Ali 06/07/08   17.   They`re "discriminated" agains!t; they protest with Syrian flags! 03:29  |  McQueen 06/07/08   18.   Richard S 03:48  |  kiwi girl 06/07/08   19.   Richard S 03:51  |  kiwi girl 06/07/08   20.   Richard S...do you need more, there is tons of info 04:05  |  kiwi girl 06/07/08   21.   Richard S 04:08  |  kiwi girl 06/07/08   22.   It is not palausable that Israel would do so . 04:18  |  American in NY 06/07/08   23.   Do any of you have a grain of common sense or logical thinking? 05:26  |  Romano 06/07/08   24.   Ali - never been to the Golan and never met any Israeli Druze ... 05:27  |  Shachar 06/07/08   25.   Its the Old Nazi Big Lie Theory.... 05:56  |  Edward 06/07/08   26.   WHY? 06:32  |  Jessica 06/07/08   27.   kiwi girl another brain dead moron 07:03  |  Fred 06/07/08   28.   #10 - Kiwi Girl 07:51  |  Michael 06/07/08   29.   The people of Israel are against giving away the Golan and... 08:07  |  Jean Van Daem 06/07/08   30.   Prepping the Golan for return to Syria 08:11  |  Natallie Durson 06/07/08   31.   Syria gets involved in Lebanons business so 08:21  |  Dish It Out 06/07/08   32.   druze 08:43  |  zack 06/07/08   33.   To middle east Guru 08:50  |  zack 06/07/08   34.   The Druze Nuclear Waste issue...Solved! 09:07  |  Ron 06/07/08   35.   50,000 new residents in the Golan 09:09  |  Ron 06/07/08   36.   The madness of Israel 09:46  |  Clickfool 06/07/08   37.   Syria is trying to eat the cake and have it too 09:51  |  Gili 06/07/08   38.   Michael 10:58  |  kiwi girl 06/07/08   39.   Fred....boo hoo! 10:59  |  kiwi girl 06/07/08   40.   kiwigirl galore, give us one reliable source, not hearsay, facts 16:55  |  Romano 06/07/08

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