SYRIAN DICTATOR BASHAR AL-ASSAD SAID THE ONLY WAY HIS COUNTRY WOULD MAKE PEACE with Israel is if Israel gives him the strategic Golan Heights.
PLUS, Israel must cave to its enemies.
Some people never learn.
A far better man than Bashar Al-Assad made a peace deal with Israel following which the man — Anwar El Sadat — got back the Sinai (but “stuck” Israel with Gaza). El Sadat and his partner for peace, Menachem Begin, were two old terrorists who had suffered personal losses in the wars between the two countries.
Al-Asad is no El Sadat and there is no one in power in Israel with Begin’s good sense.
Dan Hadani Archive, National Library of Israel @ https://tinyurl.com/yy87wm2x)
Iranian proxy
Al-Asad is in bed with the Iranians (Persians).
The Iranians continually promise to wipe Israel off the map.
Given the close relation with Iran, it is difficult to see how Israel would give up a militarily strategic position. It cost too many Israeli lives, both civilian — due to Syrian shelling Israeli civilian settlements — and military to claim the heights following Syria’s attacks on Israel.
Unlike a growing number of Muslim-dominated countries, Al-Asad fails to realize there are more economic and other benefits to “normalization of relations” with Israel.
Continuing to demand that Israel cave to the PLO/PFLP and Hamas/Islamic Jihad is a pipe dream. Perhaps if the Democrats recapture the White House in Washington, the U.S. will once again cater to the Palestinians, but if the Republicans prevail, Ramallah can expect less support from the U.S., Europe, and even other Muslim-dominated countries.
Impossible dream
Al-Asad’s problem festers in Ramallah.
It is impossible for Israel to make peace with an enemy that refuses to negotiate.
In the past, leftist (Labor) governments caved to every demand the PLO/PFLP even BEFORE negotiations commenced.
Actually, had the PLO et al agreed to the 1947 partition plan, it would HAVE a state much larger than Israel of 1948.
The PLO/PFLP never kept any agreements with Israel.
Egypt has.
Jordan has.
Both Egypt and Jordan have benefited from the agreements, as has Israel.
The normalization with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) already is showing signs of benefit to all concerned.
But Al-Asad?
Al-Asad has nothing to offer Israel in return for the Heights.
Israel could have, and still can, take Damascus militarily. That would be foolish and a waste of men, but it could be done. Syria cannot take Jerusalem, even with Fifth Column support.
(The same can be said for Beirut.)
If Al-Asad is serious about reclaiming the Heights, the first things (plural) he should do — but probably cannot and will not even if he could —
- Get rid of Hezbollah
Settle the civil war in Syria
Disassociate Syria from Iran
Encourage the PLO/PFLP and Hamas/Islamist Jihad to (a) stop attacking Israel and (b) seriously negotiate with Israel before it looses everything.
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