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The Jerusalem Post Internet Edition
PM tries to jump-start talks with Syria
Nov. 11, 2009
TOVAH LAZAROFF, GIL HOFFMAN and HAVIV RETTIG GUR , THE JERUSALEM POST
Opening up hope for some sudden progress on the Syrian front, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent a verbal message to Syria on Wednesday, when he told French President Nicolas Sarkozy he would be happy to resume peace talks with Syria anytime, anywhere and without preconditions, a government source said.
The two leaders spoke at the Elysée Palace in Paris, the day before Syrian President Bashar Assad is expected to hold his own meeting in Paris with Sarkozy.
The prime minister's message to Syria comes as ties between Israel and Turkey, which facilitated indirect talks between Israel and Syria during the tenure of former prime minister Ehud Olmert, are strained.
Syria and Israel held four rounds of indirect peace talks without making headway.
No similar negotiations have been conducted with Syria since Netanyahu took office in March of this year. But as peace talks with the Palestinians have hit a dead end, it has been speculated that Netanyahu is turning to Syria as a more likely negotiating partner.
On Tuesday in Brazil, President Shimon Peres said, "I call from here to President Assad: come, enter direct negotiations with us immediately. With no mediations, with no preconditions, with no levels, and with no delay."
Government sources would not comment on whether any new Syria talks would be direct or indirect, nor would they speculate on whether France would lead such talks.
On Wednesday, according to AFP, Assad gave a nod in Israel's direction when he said, "We do not put forward conditions on making peace."
But in the same breath, he added that, "The essence of peace is not just negotiations but rather, resistance as well." Assad said armed conflict and peace talks were parts of the same "axis" to recover legitimate Palestinian rights.
He was speaking at a conference of Arab political parties and his comments were carried by state-run SANA news agency.
Syria is allied with Hamas and Hizbullah as well as Iran, all of which want to destroy Israel.
Could we please have a Prime Minister that will tell Syria the following;
You support Hizbullah, Hamas and Iran, you are our enemy.
The Golan Heights are ours you will never get them back.
Your military equipment is old, ours is space age.
Your tanks are at best are T72's with a maximum range of fire of 4,000 meters, our tanks can stand off, outside of your effective range and destroy every tank you have and this is during the day, At night with our control systems forget about it.
Your aircraft for the most part make your tanks look good.
So here is the deal and to be truthful, I don't care which you choose.
Peace, for the sake of our future generation, you must destroy all terrorist organizations now located in your country, cut ties with Hamas, Hizbullah and Iran.
We will after two or three generations to prove your are serious about peace help you build your country into a modern country.
Or you can choose war.
War will start at a time of our choosing not yours and the IDF will show no mercy.
We now have the 6 day war, as part of our history, go to war with us and we will have the 1.5 day war and we will have destroyed you. As we return from the parts of your country that we don't want to keep ,we will salt the fields of what we allow you to keep.
Have a good day..
