Monday, June 22, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Haaretz: Assad spurns Netanyahu offer to resume peace talks - '...Haaretz has learned that during his talks in Israel Mitchell was informed that Israel is willing to negotiate with Syria on a regional basis in talks that would also involve Jordan and Lebanon and would involve an exchange of territory that would enable Israel to continue to hold several points on the Golan Heights. According to a source, when Mitchell raised the Israeli proposal, "they fell back laughing."'