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...Egypt regained the Sinai from Israel in negotiations at Camp David. Could Syria reach agreement with Israel on the Golan Heights before all other issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict are resolved...
...offering them peace. What more could we possibly give them? But peace must not be at the expense of our land. How can the Arabs be motivated to seek peace if the price is to give Israel our land? We have half a million displaced people from the Golan. How can we convince them that we have to give a part of the Golan to Israel? The United Nations charter prohibits the occupation of the land of other people. There is no moral, legal or political justification for the Arabs to offer their land to Israel simply to obtain Israel...
...There is no possibility of compromise with regard to the Golan. Nobody in Syria could give up one inch of land in the Golan. Every Syrian believes deep in his heart that whoever yields a part of his land is a traitor -- and the fate of traitors is well known...
Should a deal be worked out, there is still a constructive role for you to play. If (or, more likely when) the Israelis partially withdraw from the Golan Heights, the U.S. can serve as armed observers to ensure that the transition and/or interim period is orderly and peaceful...
...MIDDLE EAST peace talks assumes that optimism is probably unwarranted and possibly unwise. Nevertheless, Israel and Syria are putting out signals that have even veteran skeptics paying close attention. Officials in Jerusalem said last week they were preparing a negotiating paper that would offer Syria a deal on the Golan Heights in return for a formal peace treaty...