Assad Should Choose between Golan and Hizbullah
Israeli President Shimon Peres said Monday that Syria can”t expect to get the Golan Heights on a "silver platter" as long as it maintains ties with Hizbullah and Iran.
Peres told visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier that (Syrian President Bashar) "Assad should understand that he will have to sit at the negotiation table if he wants real peace."
"He should stop being shy. If he wants to promote peace for his people he will have to run negotiations without any preconditions," Israel”s Ynet news quoted Peres as saying.
"Assad must make a strategic choice. There is no way that Assad will get territorial concessions from Israel while at the same time maintaining ties with Hizbullah and Iran in a package deal."
"If Hizbullah wants to be Iran”s missile carrier against Israel – we cannot allow that," the Israeli president added.