Category Archives: Syria

The whole shebaa-ng

Back in February, 2002, Thomas Friedman trumpeted the Saudi “peace plan” as proposed by then-Crown Prince (now King) Abdullah: Earlier this month, I wrote a column suggesting that the 22 members of the Arab League, at their summit in Beirut … Continue reading

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Le Monde to IAEA: Liars!

Le Monde has evidence that Mohammed El Baradei was lying when he declared yesterday that Syria didn’t have the knowhow to create a nuclear weapons site. The website of the French news agency Le Monde reported that information originating in … Continue reading

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IAEA: Syria’s too stupid for nukes

Hey, the agency that slept through Pakistan, India, and North Korea getting nuclear weapons doesn’t think that Syria has the know-how to build a bomb. The organization that totally missed the A.Q. Khan nuclear weapons black market doesn’t think that … Continue reading

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The true obstacles to peace

The true obstacles to peace in the Middle East are not settlements. The obstacles are the thugs ruling the Arab states that refuse to ever compromise. First, Syria says Israel can forget about peace until AFTER she gives up all … Continue reading

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Mugniyah assassination: Not Mossad?

A German magazine says that Imad Mugniyah was killed in revenge for exposing a would-be coup: An attempt to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government was thwarted without the international community’s ever having noticed, German newspaper Die Welt reported Saturday, … Continue reading

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No peace with Syria

Say, remember my telling you that Syria isn’t making a serious offer towards peace with Israel? Yeah, well, I’m not wrong about that. Syrian President Bashar Assad said during a visit to The United Arab Emirates on Monday that Israel’s … Continue reading

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One teeny, tiny issue keeps Syria from the Golan

A source says that Israel and Syria agree on 85% of the issues they need to agree on to give Syria back the Golan. What’s part of that 15%? Well, besides Syria trying to grab land it never had to … Continue reading

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The Syria-Iran axis

Syria has no intention of giving up ties with Iran, no intention of giving up support of terrorist groups in and out of the Palestinian terrortories[sic], and therefore, no intention of the much-touted “land for peace” solution to the Golan … Continue reading

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AP boilerplate ignores Syrian attacks on Israel

There’s something that’s missing from the latest AP stories on the negotiations with Syria about the Golan Heights. Israel captured the strategic plateau in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed the area. Many Israelis are reluctant to relinquish the … Continue reading

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Briefly

Things for you to look at this weekend, which is a three-day weekend for us ‘Murricans. Toldja so: Syria wants the Golan, not peace. A Syrian government paper rejects Israel’s demand that Damascus should cut its ties with Iran and … Continue reading

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Negotiating in the dark

When reading about the Israeli-Syrian negotiations it’s easy to dismiss them on account of Olmert’s legal trouble or because it isn’t even clear that Israel stands to gain anything from ceding the Golan to Syria. It’s also reasonably clear that … Continue reading

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The Syrian “peace” talks

I’m only a tiny bit worried about the talks with Syria, because they’re going to fail. And they’re going to fail, because I doubt Syria will cut ties with terrorists and Iran, which is a deal-breaker for Israel. Foreign Minister … Continue reading

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Assad will not cut ties with Iran

All of those fools who are touting talking to Syria, and giving back the Golan Heights to achieve peace with Syria can stop now. (Oh, they won’t, but they should.) Bashar Assad has said quite clearly that even if he … Continue reading

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Follow the useful idiots

There’s a group called Follow the Women that’s organized a bike ride through the Middle East in the name of peace. Here’s what a participant wrote last month: Nearly 250 women, representing 30 nationalities from mostly Europe and the Middle … Continue reading

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When Kim confronted Ehud

Back in December North Korea condemned the Israeli raid on what we now know to be a Syrian nuclear reactor. North Korea lashed out Tuesday at Israel for invading Syrian airspace last Thursday, its official news agency said.”This is a … Continue reading

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