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I received an email from Boaz Wachtel, an independent peace activist formerly associated with Freedom House. He is hoping to get feedback from readers of Syria Comment on the proposed Peace Canal project as well as the optional Tank barrier proposal. Boaz added: “The truth of the matter is that a senior member of Israeli politics, someone close to the top, is promoting the Peace Canal Plan among decision makers as a viable option to be discussed with the syrians in the next round of negotiations”
Here are the highlights of the plan:
The 'Peace Canal Plan' was introduced (in collaboration with Freedom House, NYC*) during the First Israeli-Palestinian water conferenc e in Zurich (1992). Modifications were made since to include constructive feedback from the parties, especially from the Turkish government.
The revised 'Plan' is relevant now as ever. Its aim is multifold:
Help Syria & Israel reach a peace agreement...
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President Assad is willing to finalize a peace treaty, should Israel and the United States grant him what he wants: That is,
the entire Golan Heights, a withdrawal to the 1967 borders, access to the Sea of Galilee, and an economic and military aid package in line with the [...] ... more
Croatia held a farewell ceremony on Monday for its second contingent participating in the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) mission on the Golan Heights. ...... more
How’d you like to walk through the still waters where King David is said to have written the 23rd Psalm?
Or watch the sun break over the martyrs’ landmark of Masada and think about what it means when a nation says, “never again?”
Or how’d you like to float in the Dead Sea, walk through aqueducts built by the Romans, or visit churches that feel older than time?
If you travel to Israel, you can do all of the above if you spend some time on the naturalist-led hikes and getaways s... more
BOYCOTT ISRAELI DATES
BOYCOTT ISRAELI DATES: BACKGROUND
In 2004 the International Court of Justice ruled that the Israeli settlements are illegal they are built on stolen Palestinian land. Growing dates is one of the major agricultural activities carried out by nearly half of the illegal Israeli settlements located in the Jordan Valley its their most profitable crop , and contributes significantly to their economic viability.
Picking of the dates is hard work, so the... more
In May 1948, Egypt was one of a half dozen Arab states which tried to nip a nascent, resurrected Israel in the bud. And for the same reasons Arabs and Arabized have slaughtered, subjugated, and committed genocide against Kurds, black Africans, Berbers, Assyrians and others besides "their" kilab yahud--Jew dogs--who dared insinuate that they too--besides Arabs--have rights in a region proclaimed by the latter as purely Arab patrimony. One half of Israel's Jews today consist of Jews who pre-da... more
“14 Arab leaders heading to Damascus, Abdullah & Mubarak to boycott it” (mideastwire.com)
Al-Akhbar, an independent pro-opposition newspaper, wrote on March 25: “The Saudi announcement about decreasing the level of Saudi representation in the Arab summit to the level of ambassador caused negative repercussions among the Syrian leadership and other Arab leaderships. Knowledgeable Syrian sources informed Al-Akhbar that more than 14 Arab leaders will participate in the... more
Even if few presidents show up at the Arab summit in Damascus, the hoteliers will consider the event a success.
More Than 5,000 Rooms Booked for Summit in Syria, Al-Hayat Says By Massoud A. Derhally
March 23 (Bloomberg) — More than 5000 hotel rooms have been reserved for an Arab summit in Syria this month, causing prices to rise as much as 80 percent, Al-Hayat reported.
Of the total rooms reserved, about 1,500 have been booked at five-star hotels, the Saudi-owned newspaper... more
Here are the many trenchant and, I believe, representative views of both Syrians and Lebanese to the previous post, in which I wrote: "Syria needs to make a clear statement about its Lebanon policy, explaining on what terms it will normalize relations."
Georges said:
What a bunch of horse manure. Syria no more needs to articulate its long-term position on Lebanon than Egypt needs to articulate a long-term position on Sudan or Saudi Arabia on Qatar. As a Syrian, I reject the very notion, a... more
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