Israeli soldiers check their tanks during a military exercise last year in the Golan Heights. The new Israeli government will not cede the strategic Golan Heights for the sake of peace with Syria, a senior official quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as telling his cabinet. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)From Yahoo News/AFP:
JERUSALEM (AFP) – The new Israeli government will not cede the strategic Golan Heights for the sake of peace with Syria, a senior official quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as telling his cabinet on Sunday.
The announcement comes after heated debate among ministers about the wisdom of pursuing the indirect contacts with Syria via Turkey launched by the former government of Ehud Olmert.
The return of the strategic plateau seized by Israel in the 1967 war is a non-negotiable Syrian demand.
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My Comment: If President Obama will make Middle East Peace a corner stone of his policy in that region, he has his work cut out for him.
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