Syria's "bottom line" for peace with Israel is the return of all the land seized from it by Israel in June 1967

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Report by Fred Hof at the USIP, here

'...Syria's "bottom line" for peace with Israel is the return of all the land seized from it by Israel in June 1967. This includes the Golan Heights plateau and small tracts in the Jordan River Valley--acreage that adjoins bodies of water vitally important to Israel's economy and of marginal use to Syria.

Israel's "bottom line" for peace with Syria is the strategic reorientation of Damascus away from Iran, Hezbollah, and certain Palestinian organizations, mostnotably Hamas.

Rejecting the argument that peace with Israel obliges it to break relations with others, Damascus has indicated that an American presence at the peace talks would produce direct Syrian-Israeli interactions and that a drastically improved Syria-U.S. bilateral relationship must be a by-product of Syrian-Israeli peace..."

Posted by G, Z, & or B at 3:31 PM

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Asuming Shylock is really interested in peace Syria, his bottom line to return Golan Heights is strategic reorientation of Damascus away from Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas. In other words: dropping the most powerfull Syrian Card.

A stupid, like the PP Annal-ysist, may imagine that the Syrian Fox would meet the Zionist bottom line.

So far, Assad has played his cards right and that he is the king of this jungle and you will deal with him on his terms:
"We are a player in the region. If you want to talk about peace, you can't advance without Syria." "you must deal with Syria on her terms".