|
Post by Watchman on Jun 5, 2007 10:37:11 GMT -5
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Jun. 5, 2007
A member of the Syrian parliament, Muhammad Habash, confirmed on Tuesday that his country was actively preparing for war with Israel, expected to break out in the summer, Israel Radio reported.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Habash said it was no secret that the Syrian military was arming itself for the upcoming confrontation with the IDF.
He also claimed that the Israeli government was the one that wanted the war so that it could survive politically.
Meanwhile, Pensioners Affairs Minister Rafi Eitan (GIL Pensioners) said on Tuesday that in negotiations with Syria, Israel must relate to the matter of the Golan Heights as a real estate issue.
"Negotiations need to be about the property value," he said.
National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor), said he believed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should respond positively to any offer of peace talks from Syrian President Bashar Assad.
However, Shas ministers Eli Yishai and Yitzhak Cohen insisted that the Syrians must take steps to show their intentions were serious before Israel negotiated with them.
On Wednesday, the Security Cabinet was set to discuss the question of whether to examine the option of talks with Damascus.
|
|
|
Post by Watchman on Aug 21, 2007 14:47:56 GMT -5
'US pushing Israel to attack Syria' JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 20, 2007
Washington is preventing Israel from making peace with Syria and instead is pushing it to wage war, the Arab country's government-owned daily Tishrin read on Monday.
The paper said that recent moves made by the US including supplying Israel with weapons and agreeing to a $30 billion aid-package are methods the country was implementing to push the Jewish state to wage war on Damascus.
It also accused Israel of threatening the region by holding large-scale army exercises. Israel's recent military maneuvers not only pointed to the fact that the country refused to make peace with Syria, but also proved that the Jewish state was preparing for war, claimed Tishrin.
Israel, claimed the paper, is working "around the clock and stages exercises as preparation for the next round of war. It is no secret that declarations of war being tossed freely by Israeli officials against Syria are not just empty statements, but are significant promises regarding Israeli intentions against Syria."
Further, the paper stated that "even if Israel is not the direct cause of the tragedies, murders and crimes in our area, [Israel] is indirectly [responsible for them]."
|
|