Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that Israel would be prepared to hold immediate peace negotiations with Syria, as long as the talks are held without preconditions.
And Syrian dorktator Bashar Assad also says he supports negotiations.
With a little bit of terrorism on the side.
“The essence of peace is not just negotiations but rather, resistance as well,” state-run SANA news agency quoted Assad as saying.
Speaking at a conference of Arab political parties in Damascus, Assad said that by supporting “resistance” he also supports the peace process.
Armed fighting and peace talks are parts of the same “axis” to recover legitimate Palestinian rights, the Syrian leader said.
Sounds like someone we should deal with!
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
7:24PM: Photo of the day
Omm Ahmed, right, a woman militant in the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), poses for a portrait in a house of a fellow fighter, in the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Founded in 1969 the DFLP is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist, secular political and military organization. Approximately 40 women militants for the DFLP started training 6 months ago as a response to Israel’s January offensive. They range in age from 17 to 53 and many are married with children. (AP Photo/ Tara Todras-Whitehill)
The caption writer seems to have omitted to mention the elephant in the room, which is actually more like a child.
Then again, as we saw a few days ago, Ms Todras-Whitehill has a tendency to leave out relevant details.
4:52PM: Here’s the interesting story of an Israeli-Russian boxer out to kick butt.
And become a Rabbi.
Bonus: His surname is Foreman.
1:20PM: It is not every day that I agree with Shimon Peres about something. But today I do.
Richard Goldstone, who authored the United Nations report accusing Israel of perpetrating war crimes in its Gaza offensive earlier the year, is a man devoid of any real sense of justice and is intent on harming Israel, President Shimon Peres told Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during their meeting in Brasilia on Wednesday.
“Goldstone is a small man, devoid of any sense of justice, a technocrat with no real understanding of jurisprudence,” Peres told his Brazilian counterpart, adding that the South African jurist “was on a one-sided mission to hurt Israel.”
Referring to Goldstone’s recommendation to investigate possible war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, Peres said, “If anyone should be investigated, it should be him.”
5:46AM: University lectures on trains! Is there anything those crafty Jews haven’t thought of?
12:05AM: Still on the subject of Syria, look who’s a fan.
Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie is planning to adopt a child from Syria, OK! magazine reported Wednesday.
The actress, who was recently in Syria with partner Brad Pitt to visit Iraqi refugees, has reportedly started the adoption process to bring home a baby girl.
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“It is clear that the Syrian people, no matter the challenges or difficulties they may face, have always shown generous hospitality to people in need,” the magazine quoted Jolie as telling local news agency ChamPress during her October trip.
I agree that Syria has shown generous hospitality to people in need, if by “people in need” Jolie means terrorist organizations.
(I wonder if this news is going to ruin the recent reconciliation with her father).
