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December 4, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opklu045951144dec04,0,7779164.column

New Mideast Peace Plan?

[Newsday] James Klurfeld - I've seen this movie before: A new administration is about to take office and a prestigious think tank issues a report saying that nothing is more important than trying to put the pieces together in the Mideast, especially on the Arab-Israeli dispute. Sorry, but this time around I'm skeptical. Where I become doubtful is when the report says there's a unique chance to engineer an agreement between Syria and Israel, which, if it could be done, would alter the strategic balance in the region. Ever since I first started to cover these topics in the mid-1970s, I've heard that the Syria track is ripe for an agreement with Israel. The problem is that neither the older Assad nor the younger one has been willing to actually make a deal with Israel when push came to shove. Why is this time different from all other times?

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