Should Israel have a peace with Syria?

Hi! I think you're right and Syria should agree to have peace without bargain. Unfortunately, the Arab world will agree to stop the hostility only after he will take more and more from Israeli land until we have nothing.

I tend to agree with clrumfelt. Peace is generally better than war, and if the peace is observed--well, we are none of us in position to establish the type of government we prefer in another country. Neither Egypt nor Jordan has a perfect record. Yet Israel lives in peace with both. Moreover, both have improved their conduct in part because those peace treaties are in place. None of this means Israel should not remain vigilant.

Well, it depends on who benefits from peace. Most Israeli's want peace. I think most Syrians want peace. But I don't think the political leadership on either side would want it. Basher needs a hostile Israel to justify why he's not made any improvements to the economy and thus the livlihood of the average Syrian, despite the fact that Syria has allot going for it. Israel's politicians get away with not signing the NPT (we neither admit or denny we have nukes even though the rest of the world knows we have them) and using cluster bombs, which are banned by everyone else but legitimate for Israel because it needs to kill off a couple of Anti-Semetic Terrorist who happen to be Semites. Without Syria snarling at them, how could Israel's politicians justify the things that they do in the name of fighting Anti-Semitic Semites? So with this combination, nobody actually wants to have peace. Basher will continue in his ways as will Olmert. Occasionally both sides will kick the Lebanese where it hurts to kick the other side without actually doing so. However, if Americans would actually read Israeli Newspapers instead of the anti-Semitic stuff comming out of AIPEC, they might actually realise that Israel making peace with Syria is a brilliant strategic move and it might, horror of horrors actually cut off the more radical elements in the Middle East, thus making life more stable for everyone. If you isolate Syria from Iran, they'll have to turn to the Gulf Arab States for support. While no angles, the Gulf Arabs are US allies, and by definition more willing to make peace with Israel - please note - the Arab League has offered Israel diplomatic recognition if it returns to the 1967 borders - which the clowns in AIPEC seem oblivious to. You can, shock of shocks, reign in Hezbollah in Lebanon, if you have peace with Syria. But then again, do Israeli leaders and their Syrian counterparts want to do all that? Yes, Israel should keep its military presence strong and it can do so without the Golan Heights, which incidentally only the Anti-Semites in AIPEC recognise as Israeli territory. There are risk in cutting a deal with Syria. But then given that current solutions as provided by AIPEC are clearly going nowhere, isn't it time one tries something new?

Hello! Thanks for your comment. I support what you said. A country that still actively supports terror shouldn't be accepted by Israel. This is why we could never get into peace with the palestinians when the Hamas rules Gaza.

Hi Liran! Thanks for your comment. I love the Golan like you are, and I hope Ehud Olmert won't give up on our lands so easily. I think that if we let Syria the Golan for peace, our condition will be even worse than without peace.