Cover story in Issue 5, June 23, 2008 of The Jerusalem Report, here via the WPR.
"....On their face, Israeli-Syrian negotiations are about the Golan Heights, which are currently controlled by Israel. However, Syria doesn't just want the Golan Heights back, and Israel doesn't just want a peace treaty with Syria....
If the United States does not make it worth Syria's while, it will not detach itself from the Iranian axis; and if Syria does not break with Iran, Israel is unlikely to sign a peace deal that entails returning the Golan...
one of the most intriguing bits of information offered by the Jerusalem Report's cover story on the "Golan Gamble" is the outline of a "grandiose plan that would put an end to the acute water shortage plaguing Israel and its neighbors"
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