Posted on 04/11/2009 11:06:03 PM PDT by jerusalemjudy
In the years 1999-2000, Israeli-Syrian negotiations reached the stage of discussion over details that included security arrangements intended to compensate Israel for the loss of the Golan Heights. When indirect Israeli-Syrian negotiations were renewed in 2008 under Turkish auspices, they were conducted under the assumption that there was a military solution that would compensate Israel for the loss of the Golan.
The idea of security arrangements was intended to bridge the gap between conceding the Golan and creating a situation that would guarantee that in case of war, IDF forces could return to the place where they are currently stationed. The idea was based on the Golan being totally demilitarized, with the Syrian divisions moved back eastward to the region of Damascus and even further.
This analysis demonstrates that Israel does not possess a plausible solution to its security needs without the Golan Heights. Not only was the “solution” proposed in the year 2000 implausible at the time, but changing circumstances, both strategic and operative, have rendered Israel’s forfeiture of the Golan today an even more reckless act.
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Who brokered this deal? Billy C. or G.W.?
It would be insane for Israel to ever give up the Golan.
They must never give it up.
The Golan isn’t the source of the trouble with Syria, Syria was at war with them before they took the Golan. Giving it back doesn’t eliminate the root cause of the war, which is the existence of Israel itself, and Israelis. Or to put it differently, the root cause of the war is the nature of Syria and Syrians themselves. Give it back, and they will only celebrate their great victory over you, and the conflict continues. Only now Syria controls the high ground. Again.
The Golan, now and forever Israel.
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Israel does not possess a plausible solution to its security needs without the Golan Heights. Not only was the "solution" proposed in the year 2000 implausible at the time, but changing circumstances, both strategic and operative, have rendered Israel's forfeiture of the Golan today an even more reckless act.
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