EGYPT'S MUBARAK: Golan could have been Syria's if it recognized ISRAEL

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While the ignorant continue to that Israel is not willing to give up land for peace, the Arabs know that is not true.

yria rejected an Israeli offer to return the Golan Heights in exchange for the normalization of relations and the opening of embassies in the two countries, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak told Egyptian media.

“I contacted the Israelis to try to recover the Golan Heights, but they demanded the opening of an Israeli embassy in Damascus and a Syrian one on their land as a kind of Syrian recognition of the Israeli state,” he told al-Hayat.

According to the report, the discussions in 1998 between Israel, led at the time by Benjamin Netanyahu, was rejected by former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.

The recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights by US President Donald Trump on March 25 “was the result” of the failed talks, the former Egyptian strongman said.

Mubarak was quoted as telling al-Hayat that while former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was more amenable to collaboration, “Netanyahu is one of the most difficult people” that he dealt with.

Last year Uzi Arad, a former adviser to Netanyahu told Israel’s Army Radio that the prime minister held two rounds of “serious” negotiations over the past decade with Damascus over relinquishing the Israeli Golan Heights to Syria.

The first round of negotiations in 2009 were abandoned until Washington was able to convince the two enemy countries to engage in indirect talks the following year. The talks that began in 2010 were abruptly halted in 2011 due to the outbreak of the Syrian civil war.

Egypt's Mubarak: Golan could have been Syria's if it recognized Israel

 

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While the ignorant continue to that Israel is not willing to give up land for peace, the Arabs know that is not true.

yria rejected an Israeli offer to return the Golan Heights in exchange for the normalization of relations and the opening of embassies in the two countries, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak told Egyptian media.

“I contacted the Israelis to try to recover the Golan Heights, but they demanded the opening of an Israeli embassy in Damascus and a Syrian one on their land as a kind of Syrian recognition of the Israeli state,” he told al-Hayat.

According to the report, the discussions in 1998 between Israel, led at the time by Benjamin Netanyahu, was rejected by former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.

The recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights by US President Donald Trump on March 25 “was the result” of the failed talks, the former Egyptian strongman said.

Mubarak was quoted as telling al-Hayat that while former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was more amenable to collaboration, “Netanyahu is one of the most difficult people” that he dealt with.

Last year Uzi Arad, a former adviser to Netanyahu told Israel’s Army Radio that the prime minister held two rounds of “serious” negotiations over the past decade with Damascus over relinquishing the Israeli Golan Heights to Syria.

The first round of negotiations in 2009 were abandoned until Washington was able to convince the two enemy countries to engage in indirect talks the following year. The talks that began in 2010 were abruptly halted in 2011 due to the outbreak of the Syrian civil war.

Egypt's Mubarak: Golan could have been Syria's if it recognized Israel

Considering that Syria initiated War on Israel from that area I don’t see how Israel could have even considered it

 

[toomuchtime_]

While the ignorant continue to that Israel is not willing to give up land for peace, the Arabs know that is not true.

yria rejected an Israeli offer to return the Golan Heights in exchange for the normalization of relations and the opening of embassies in the two countries, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak told Egyptian media.

“I contacted the Israelis to try to recover the Golan Heights, but they demanded the opening of an Israeli embassy in Damascus and a Syrian one on their land as a kind of Syrian recognition of the Israeli state,” he told al-Hayat.

According to the report, the discussions in 1998 between Israel, led at the time by Benjamin Netanyahu, was rejected by former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.

The recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights by US President Donald Trump on March 25 “was the result” of the failed talks, the former Egyptian strongman said.

Mubarak was quoted as telling al-Hayat that while former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was more amenable to collaboration, “Netanyahu is one of the most difficult people” that he dealt with.

Last year Uzi Arad, a former adviser to Netanyahu told Israel’s Army Radio that the prime minister held two rounds of “serious” negotiations over the past decade with Damascus over relinquishing the Israeli Golan Heights to Syria.

The first round of negotiations in 2009 were abandoned until Washington was able to convince the two enemy countries to engage in indirect talks the following year. The talks that began in 2010 were abruptly halted in 2011 due to the outbreak of the Syrian civil war.

Egypt's Mubarak: Golan could have been Syria's if it recognized Israel

Considering that Syria initiated War on Israel from that area I don’t see how Israel could have even considered it

Peace with its neighbors would be the best defense Israel can have, but the government that offers peace to Israel must be able to offer it credibly. When the Assad's, father and son, were in control of Syria they held such power, so Israel was willing to take a chance on peace. Unfortunately, in the ME this means that only brutal dictators can credibly offer peace to Israel because anti semitism is a core value of the Arab people.