Is an attack of sanity threatening to break out in Palestine?

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Also www.debka.com (the nefarious Mossad site) is reporting this:

November 24, 2004


DEBKAfile’s Exclusive Military Sources Report:

Syria to quit Lebanon:

Syrian and Lebanese military staffs have begun jointly planning the exit by winter’s end of most of the 13,000 Syrian troops deployed in Lebanon. This has not been announced publicly by Damascus but conveyed this week in two key conversations: Syrian foreign minister Farouq Shara delivered this assurance to US secretary of state Colin Powell on NOvember 23 at the Sharm al-Sheikh conference on Iraq; President Bashir Assad then gave the news to UN Middle East envoy Terje Larsen who visited the Syrian capital a day later.

According to our sources, both will report to their principals that Syria has decided to retain in Lebanon only 4 radar stations – one each atop Mt. Barukh and Mt. Sanin in central Lebanon, one at the Dahar al Baidar keypoint commanding the Beirut-Damascus highway and the fourth at Bsharri in the north.

Syria will not be removing quite all its troops. Evoking its mutual defense pact with Beirut, Damascus will retain between 3,000 and 5,000 soldiers in Lebanon to defend its radar stations and their approaches.

In the two conversations, The Syrian president and foreign minister stated that a decision had been taken to abide by Security Council resolution 1559 on Lebanese sovereignty. But they also pointed out that once Syria had removed the bulk of its army from Lebanon, it expected Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights in line with Security Council resolutions 338 and 224.
 

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GuruJane said:
Also www.debka.com (the nefarious Mossad site) is reporting this:

November 24, 2004


DEBKAfile’s Exclusive Military Sources Report:

Syria to quit Lebanon:

Syrian and Lebanese military staffs have begun jointly planning the exit by winter’s end of most of the 13,000 Syrian troops deployed in Lebanon. This has not been announced publicly by Damascus but conveyed this week in two key conversations: Syrian foreign minister Farouq Shara delivered this assurance to US secretary of state Colin Powell on NOvember 23 at the Sharm al-Sheikh conference on Iraq; President Bashir Assad then gave the news to UN Middle East envoy Terje Larsen who visited the Syrian capital a day later.

According to our sources, both will report to their principals that Syria has decided to retain in Lebanon only 4 radar stations – one each atop Mt. Barukh and Mt. Sanin in central Lebanon, one at the Dahar al Baidar keypoint commanding the Beirut-Damascus highway and the fourth at Bsharri in the north.

Syria will not be removing quite all its troops. Evoking its mutual defense pact with Beirut, Damascus will retain between 3,000 and 5,000 soldiers in Lebanon to defend its radar stations and their approaches.

In the two conversations, The Syrian president and foreign minister stated that a decision had been taken to abide by Security Council resolution 1559 on Lebanese sovereignty. But they also pointed out that once Syria had removed the bulk of its army from Lebanon, it expected Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights in line with Security Council resolutions 338 and 224.
So GJ do you have an opinion? Or are you to scared to be shot down? I think its great that sanity has been restored partially. The death of Arafat has created a leadership vacuum which in time should lead to a better negotiating process due to what was perceived as Arafats intransigence(sic)

It has also shown his support structures that the time to position for negotiation is now.

But also reading that it is a ploy IMO in that Syria knows Israel wont so its an empty promise. But nevertheless the ball is now back in the Israelis hands.If Israel dont negotiate now IMO the whole area will return to previous levels. I am certain the Israeli government doesnt want more citizens dying , just as I am certain the Palestinian leadership dont want a long drawn out struggle once more.

The time is now Middle East
 

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PerthCrow said:
So GJ do you have an opinion? Or are you to scared to be shot down? I think its great that sanity has been restored partially. The death of Arafat has created a leadership vacuum which in time should lead to a better negotiating process due to what was perceived as Arafats intransigence(sic)

It has also shown his support structures that the time to position for negotiation is now.

But also reading that it is a ploy IMO in that Syria knows Israel wont so its an empty promise. But nevertheless the ball is now back in the Israelis hands.If Israel dont negotiate now IMO the whole area will return to previous levels. I am certain the Israeli government doesnt want more citizens dying , just as I am certain the Palestinian leadership dont want a long drawn out struggle once more.

The time is now Middle East

I agree. You should note in that Haaretz article that Sharon gave permission for the Israeli MKs to visit Barghouti to help talk him out of running.

If the story about Syria is right, then that will indicate that BIG MOVES are going on behind the scenes.

Can I recommend a fantastic book: Dennis Ross's "The Missing Peace" - the inside story of the fight for Middle East Peace. Dennis Ross was the key US negotiator in the Bush Sen and Clinton administrations.

It is the most detailed and authoritative account we will ever have of what went on behind the scenes between 1991 and 2000 when Arafat started the 2nd initifada. If you're interested in the subject it's a "can't put down" number!
 
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