De gehele Golanhoogte is maar 19 jaar in Syrische handen geweest, van 1948 tot 1967. In 1919 is een deel nogal toevallig bij Syrië gevoegd, en in 1948 heeft zij zich de rest illegaal via agressie toegeëigend. Dus een en ander ligt wat minder zwart-wit dan Assad beweert.
Het is natuurlijk absoluut niet logisch dat hij de Golan terugkrijgt maar ondertussen bewegingen blijft steunen die Israel willen vernietigen en daartoe duizenden raketten op haar gericht hebben. Israel heeft de Golan veroverd in de Zesdaagse Oorlog na 19 jaar vanaf daar te zijn beschoten, dus enig teken dat Syrië bereid is tot daadwerkelijke vrede met Israel, is niet teveel gevraagd.
RP
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'We want the Golan on a gold platter'
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
A day after President Shimon Peres said Syria could not expect to receive the Golan Heights from Israel on a silver platter, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said the country actually wanted the territory back on a "gold platter."
"Let's face it - it's our land and our right to have it back is the most normal thing in the world," he added after a meeting Tuesday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to AFP
On Monday, Peres had asked Steinmeier to made it clear that Assad must understand he could not expect to receive the Golan on a silver platter while he continued to strengthen Hizbullah and maintain contact with Iran.
At Tuesday's joint press conference, Steinmeier called on Syria to "do its part" in promoting the success of the Middle East peace process, noting the need to restrict Hizbullah and Hamas, which had shown "no interest in the success of the peace talks."
"The peace process can only proceed when destructive elements in the region are reined in," the German foreign minister said.
Moallem rejected the notion of breaking ties with the terror groups.
"As for the issue of our relations with Hizbullah or Iran, that's a precondition," he said, dismissing the Israeli demands for a clean break as part of a normalization of ties under any peace deal with the Jewish state.
"You have to join negotiations to know what will happen afterward," he added, cautiously putting the ball in Israel's court. "We think a resumption of indirect contacts with Israel through Turkish go-betweens is the best way of getting to direct negotiations, but first and foremost, we have to be confident that there is a political will in Israel to achieve peace."
"Let's face it - it's our land and our right to have it back is the most normal thing in the world," he added after a meeting Tuesday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to AFP
On Monday, Peres had asked Steinmeier to made it clear that Assad must understand he could not expect to receive the Golan on a silver platter while he continued to strengthen Hizbullah and maintain contact with Iran.
At Tuesday's joint press conference, Steinmeier called on Syria to "do its part" in promoting the success of the Middle East peace process, noting the need to restrict Hizbullah and Hamas, which had shown "no interest in the success of the peace talks."
"The peace process can only proceed when destructive elements in the region are reined in," the German foreign minister said.
Moallem rejected the notion of breaking ties with the terror groups.
"As for the issue of our relations with Hizbullah or Iran, that's a precondition," he said, dismissing the Israeli demands for a clean break as part of a normalization of ties under any peace deal with the Jewish state.
"You have to join negotiations to know what will happen afterward," he added, cautiously putting the ball in Israel's court. "We think a resumption of indirect contacts with Israel through Turkish go-betweens is the best way of getting to direct negotiations, but first and foremost, we have to be confident that there is a political will in Israel to achieve peace."
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