[dubaijazz]

"Makes sense... Israel has managed to show what the terrorists see as weakness. They've invited and invation from Syria, and increased terrorist attacks on all fronts.
Mark"

I am a Syrian, and I can assure you all that Syria is not going to war.
We all have to bear in mind that Israel is still occupying Syrian territory (Golan heights), this occupation is ILLEGAL by the international law, and Israel is still defiant to implement UN resolutions 242 and 338 in that regards.
Israelis are not willing to talk peace with Syrians, and the US administration is not willing to push peace talks further, the equations is very simple for Syrians, give us back our land, and you get a full-fledged peace (and by the way that was the basis on which Syrians has agreed to participate in the Madrid peace summit, everything was going absolutely perfect, till the former Israeli prime minister Isaac Rabin was assassinated by a radical compatriot) …..

[NinoFan]

Sorry, the UN is irrelevant. Your country has brutally attacked Israel more than once. Israel defended itself and won some land that it needed to create a strategic zone so as to decrease the chances of being invaded again. To the victors go the spoils as they say. (Especially when they were on the defensive to start.)

As for peace, you may believe that's what will happen, but that's not at all what your current government is saying. Your government, as well as the government of Iran, would like nothing more than to see Israel wiped off the map.

There will be no peace until people stop attacking Israel. Peace is NOT found by supporting groups like Hezbollah.

[NinoFan]

I should add that the reason I and others view the UN as irrelevant is because the UN often sides with the terrorists and their supporters and is very anti-Israel.

[Always A Marine]

I am a Syrian... Israel is still occupying Syrian territory (Golan heights), this occupation is ILLEGAL by the international law, and Israel is still defiant to implement UN resolutions 242 and 338 in that regards. Israelis are not willing to talk peace with Syrians... the equations is very simple for Syrians, give us back our land, and you get a full-fledged peace..."

I was waiting for someone to bring this up. Despite what the anti-Israeli UN says, the Golan Heights have rightfully belonged to Israel since 1973. Syria forfeited that land when it invaded Israel -- and LOST. When you start a war, get your ass kicked and lose territory as a result, that land is no longer yours. You should be thankful that the Israelis chose not to destroy Damascus when it lay undefended before the IDF counterattack. There is nothing for Israel to talk to you about.