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June 1, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1180527978190&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

"Israel Doesn't Want to Bail Assad Out"

[Jerusalem Post] Herb Keinon - Israel is not interested in helping Damascus wiggle out of international isolation, senior government officials said Thursday, following the UN Security Council's decision Wednesday to establish a tribunal to prosecute suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Syria is widely believed to have had a hand in the Hariri killing. According to the officials, Prime Minister Olmert continues to believe the Syrian regime is not genuinely interested in peace, but rather in a peace process that would improve its international standing. Olmert also feels that Israel cannot simultaneously focus on both a Syrian and a Palestinian track, and that at present it is more critical to try to move on the Palestinian track.

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