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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/505871.html
Israel Downplays Reported Peace Overture from Syria
(Ha'aretz)Aluf Benn - Comments by UN Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen regarding Syrian President Assad's willingness to resume peace talks with Israel were scoffed at Wednesday by senior political sources in Jerusalem. A government source said, "In his meeting this week with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, Sharon said it was important to keep pressuring Syria. Powell assured him the United States would stress to the Syrians and Iranians that continued support for Hizballah creates an obstacle to peace and we won't tolerate that." Another source said that were Assad serious, "he would have conveyed a message through a serious channel, not a farewell meeting with Larsen."