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Syrian-American negotiator Ibrahim Suleiman, left, and MK Tzachi Hanegbi, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, attending a committee session in Jerusalem on Thursday. (AP)



Last update - 14:47 12/04/2007


Suleiman: Peace will let Syria join war on terror

By Shahar Ilan and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents

The peace plan drafted during unofficial Syrian-Israeli negotiations would allow Syria to cut itself off from the Hezbollah and join the global struggle against terror, Syrian-American negotiator Ibrahim Suleiman told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Thursday.

Suleiman, who has been involved in unofficial peace talks between Israel and Syria, has told Israeli sources that he intends to clarify to Israel's government that Damascus is truly interested in initiating peace negotiations with Israel.

Suleiman appeared before the committee alongside Alon Liel, former director general of the Foreign Ministry. The two briefed the committee members on the secret, unofficial talks they conducted, and on the understandings they reached for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria.

The centerpiece of the "non-paper" they drafted is a proposal to turn part of the Golan Heights, captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed in 1981, into a "peace park." Syria would be the sovereign in all of the Golan, but Israelis could visit the park freely, without visas.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/847617.html