Israel has told Syria it is willing to trade land for peace and is waiting to hear whether President Bashar al-Assad would cut ties with Iran and hostile guerrilla groups in return, Israeli officials said on Friday.
Lebanese tanks and artillery again pounded Islamists holed up inside a refugee camp on Friday, as Prime Minister Fuad Siniora accused neighbouring Syria of links to the militants.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appears increasingly open to talks with Syria as a newspaper reported on Friday that he is willing to withdraw from the Golan Heights in exchange for full peace.
An Israeli newspaper said on Friday that Israel has told Syria it is prepared to withdraw from the Golan Heights in return for lasting peace, adding to growing signals that Israel is looking to resume negotiations.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appears increasingly open to talks with Syria as a Friday newspaper detailed secret messages to Damascus, seven years after peace negotiations collapsed.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has sent secret messages to Syria mooting renewed peace talks, with the green light from US President George W. Bush, a local newspaper reported on Friday.
Israeli PM to return Golan Heights to Syria as part of peace deal.
JERUSALEM — Israel has told Syrian leaders it is willing to give up the captured Golan Heights as part of a peace deal that would require Syria to distance itself from Iran’s virulently anti-Israel regime, a newspaper reported.
Israeli officials have said that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has offered Syria a complete withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights in exchange for a full peace treaty. Diplomatic sources said that the Syrian leader has yet to respond to the "land for peace" offer.
The Israeli prime minister has offered to return the Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for peace, the nation's press reported yesterday.