Syria: Netanyahu putting the cart before the horse
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Posted by John under: Israel in the Last Days,Syria and Damascus
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem told the pan-Arab newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat that Israel must first declare its intention to withdraw to the 1967 borders before any kind of Syrian-Israeli talks can take place, Israel Radio reported on Friday.
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Israel in the Last Days
“And I will bring again the captivity•Strongs 7622: shbuwth, sheb-ooth´; or shbiyth, sheb-eeth´; from 7617; exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity:—captive(-ity).
•Strongs 7617: shabah, shaw-baw´; a primitive root; to transport into captivity:—(bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s), drive (take) away. of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.”
—Amos 9:14-15
Syria and Damascus
“The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous•Strongs 4654: mappalah, map-paw-law´; or mappelah, map-pay-law´; from 5307; something fallen, i.e. a ruin:—ruin( ous). heap.”
—Isaiah 17:1
Moallem’s remark came as a response to statements made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said Wednesday that he was prepared to meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad immediately and without preconditions.
The Syrian foreign minister said that there is no point in “putting the cart before the horse,” and that “Israel must withdraw from the occupied territories before Syria and Israel can meet.”
`The Prime Minister’s Bureau said Wednesday that Netanyahu is willing to meet with Syrian President Assad.
Netanyahu’s statement came in response to a recent Haaretz report that Syria was prepared to make “gradual peace.” Arab sources told the London paper that the report in Haaretz correspond with the position held by Syria since the Madrid Peace Conference in 1991.
According to the bureau’s statement, “Netanyahu is prepared to immediately set out for Damascus to meet with President Assad, or to invite him to Jerusalem, or to meet with him in a third country.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu quickly announced that Turkey was prepared to start mediating if both parties agreed.