Report: Syria renews intel sharing with U.S., U.K.

I'm glad I read all the posts before posting,otherwise I would have duplicated yours. Assad,as you said,could resolve his "Pal problem" if he so wished,but for some reason all the pals in the world seem to be Israel's problem,no matter where they live. No one considers that the pals problems are the pals problems...alone.

The Palestinian brothers do not want to integrate and become Syrian. They have their own country and own homes that they hope to return to. Coming to think of it, most still have the land deeds and keys to their homes. Definition of the word refugee: Main Entry: ref·u·gee Pronunciation: "re-fyu-'jE Function: noun : an individual seeking refuge or asylum; especially : an individual who has left his or her native country and is unwilling or unable to return to it because of persecution or fear of persecution (as because of race, religion, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion).

They so-called "Palestinian" in Syria can never come back. There is not room for them here. They are not wanted here. Moreover, the land of Israel for a Jewish state and they would never want to be good Israeli citizens anyway! So how can they come back to Israel? The Right of Return is something they would only take up if Israel was destroyed. So peace with Israel is incompatible with so-called "right of return". Assad could solve the problem in one stroke of his pen. Declare that his "Arab brothers" are now Syrian citizens, and allow them to integrate into Syrian society - after that, there is no longer a Palestinian problem in Syria! And nothing to blame the Israelis for. Which is why he will not do it.

"that the only thing that can protect Israel is peace, nothing else. No amount of airplanes or weapons could protect Israel, so they have to forget about that." Why does Assad sound so much more true than most of the Israeli leasership? Still Barak made the same point. The proverb "he who lives by the sword dies by the sword" has much truth in it. Beware Israel peace is need for your grandchildren to prosper.

Israel can only part with Golan in exchange for a real peace under which strategic waterbeds will not be threatened by unilateral malicious or incompetent Syrian moves. Handing Golan over to the presently hostile Syria in anticipation of supposedly forthcoming goodwill is a not starter.

There is no way Hersh could have learned something new in a personal interview with Assad that the CIA or M16 do not already know. Of course he serves it up as such but it has no value whatsoever. Over the years, among excellent reports, Hersh also put out some stuff that was incredible only to be totally discredited later.

Actual facts show that 30 years ago Israel gave all the Sinai back to Egypt and the peace treaty remains still a piece of paper Why we have to assume that it will be different with Syria?

Here is why the Golan will be staying with Israel: Assad announces to the world that he considers a peace treaty to be only a piece of paper, and would not be trading "even the entire Golan Heights" for the full ACTUAL peace and normalization Israel (and the whole planet) expects Syria to provide in return. This is consistent with what Syria considers "peace" with Lebanon!! - assassinating Lebanon PM and other Lebanon leaders they don'tlike, occupying Lebanon, arming terrorist groups in Lebanon. Game over - nobody expects Israel to give up the Golan to Syria when this is Syria's hostile attitude. UNSC 242 is clear on this. The Golan was a 7-day-a-week world trouble spot for the 21 years it was in Syrian hands - non-stop firing into Israel's Galilee and Huleh Valley below. For the 42 years its been in Israel's hands - quiet, not a shot fired in Syria's direction (and with Damascus only 37 miles away, Assad is bright enough to want keep it that way).

And notice I say 1300, not 1400, because in the seventh century lots of Christians, Jews, Zoroastrans and others believed the promises of 'protection' (dhimma) made by Umar and his mates. Then, by the early 8th, with half the known world conquered and millions forcibly converted, they stopped drinking Allah's cool-aid...

Israel took in about 20,000 Syrian Jewish refugees and 600,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries. He should take in the Palestinian refugees.

# 1 said: "Assad longs for Rabin.Why Didn't his Dad make Peace"? Answer: They never intended making peace. Now that Rabin is dead they can say whatever they want. Ah! Rabin can't answer him/them.

Oh, my; where to begin? First, I'd like to see some corroboration of this via someone other than Mr. Hersh. He's proven accurate on several occasions in the past; he's also proven to, as often, be as histrionic and ego-feeding as Friedman and Dershowitz - put together into one mind-exploding package. Secondly, the US and UK are supposed to be Israel's allies at least as much as they are Syria's. Without both the US and UK, the modern State of Israel would not exist, and we wouldn't be reading about thrice-hourly paranoia attacks in the Levant. Thirdly, given Israel's continuing adulation of the treasonous b@$tard Jonathan Pollard, the fact that it's the American taxpayer who's paying for both his room and board AS WELL AS a big chunk of the Israeli economy, some people might just want to consider getting off their high horses before they fall off. "Pot, meet kettle" comes to mind, as does the historical observation that karma runs over dogma eventually, every single time. Deal.

If so, he should be applauded.

He actually said the very opposite, but you still convince yourself that he doesn't want peace. What he SAID is that he doesn't just want a "peace treaty" - not if that "peace treaty" serves to legitimize Israeli land theft and the dispossession of the Palestinians. Because that's what Israel wants i.e. it has seized territory for itself, and it has dispossessed the pals, and what it *wants* is a piece of paper that says "Yeah, OK, we agree that you can keep it all". Assad is telling Israel (rightly) that such a treaty won't bring peace.

children such as Lieberman et al. If Syria is attacked Assad will consolidate his rule and will be perceived as national star andmost of all will receive billions of dollar from the Gulf countries.He would love to be attacked.

children such as Lieberman et al. If Syria is attacked Assad will consolidate his rule and will be perceived as national star andmost of all will receive billions of dollar from the Gulf countries.He would love to be attacked.

Message to our PM : Stand firm against Syria, Englandistan and the U.S if the latter thinks it can "thug" it's way to getting Israel to a"piece table "

Why doesn't he simply allow his Palestinian "brothers" to integrate? He Keeps them in ghettos and camps for anti-Israeli propoganda purposes.

Assad was very young when Rabin was PM. His father was much older, far more experienced and yet- he did nothing to seek peace. So why long for those with whom you did not seek peace. I guess he is honest- returning the Golan will result in a peace treaty but not in peace or normal relations. SO, lets forget this idea that the key to peace is the return of territory. The key to peace is a desire for peace and the Arabs don't have that- not even in Jordan or Egypt. Israelis on the other hand desire peace- but don't care about a symbolic but empty peace of paper.