FILE - In this July 13, 2008 file photo, a view of the Golan Heights, close to the border with Syria, is seen. Israel will not withdraw from the entire Golan Heights in return for a peace deal with Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top policy adviser said in an interview published Friday, July 10, 2009, rejecting Syria's key demand for an agreement with Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)From Yahoo News/AP:
JERUSALEM – Israel will not withdraw from the entire Golan Heights in return for a peace deal with Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top policy adviser said in an interview published Friday, rejecting Syria's key demand for an agreement.
The two countries could split the territory, suggested Uzi Arad, Netanyahu's national security adviser and the aide widely seen as closest to Netanyahu. But in the comments in the daily Haaretz newspaper, he said Israel must remain on the Golan Heights to a depth of several miles and cannot withdraw in full even in return for a peace agreement.
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More News On The Golan Heights
Israel must keep much of Golan - Netanyahu aide -- Reuters
Israeli official rules out Golan withdrawal -- Financial Times
Peres: Assad won't get Golan if he keeps ties with Iran, Hizbullah -- Jerusalem Post
Israel must stay 'deep in Golan' -- BBC
Israel sets boundaries for the future role of the Golan Heights -- Dispatch Online
My Comment: If one of the conditions for talks would be for Syria to renounce its ties with Iran and Hezbollah .... I would have to say that this would be a non-starter. The Shiite Alawites who rule Syria are a minority, and are dependent on security from Iran (and probably) Hezbollah. Renouncing them would only expose them to be their enemies within their own country .... of which there are many.
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