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Israel hijacked Middle East peace
[Iran Press TV Latest] Turkey and Syria say Israel prevents the establishment of peace in the Middle East, mounting international condemnation of Tel Aviv's policies.
Gul said the construction of the settler units "is a very dangerous trend," which could lead "to things getting out of control." Israel occupied al-Quds as part of the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed it. The war also finished with Tel Aviv's capture of Syria's Golan Heights and Lebanon's Shebaa Farms. Tel Aviv has invariably turned down the Palestinian condition for resumption of direct talks by permanently halting its building up of the occupied lands. Israel has also remained technically at war with Damascus and Beirut as it has refused to return their territories. Turkey mediated four rounds of indirect talks between Israel and Syria in 2008. The talks stalled following the Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip at the turn of 2009 which killed more than 1,400 Palestinians. Gul said Damascus had expressed its readiness to resume the talks a number of times, but the overture was not copied by Tel Aviv. Assad also said "Israel is not ready for honest mediation." Israeli authorities have, meanwhile, threatened Syria with military action, claiming it supplies Russian-made Scud missiles to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah. Posted by: Fred 2010-05-09 |
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