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Report: Syria Removing Military Checkpoints In Golan
The Jerusalem Post ^ | July 7, 2007

Posted on 07/07/2007 9:42:10 AM PDT by Fennie

The London based Al-Hayat reported Saturday that Israel was "concerned" that Syria's decision to remove military checkpoints on the road to Kuneitra on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights could be a preparation for war. According to the report, the checkpoints in question had been in place for 40 year, ever since the Six Day War. Al-Hayat also claimed that foreign journalists were barred from covering IDF maneuvers concucted on the Golan Heights. The newspaper also reported that Israel had blocked access to areas on the Golan Heights from which villages and towns were visible. The report also listed the equipment the IDF had left in place, which included bulldozers and 70 tank outposts...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: golan; israel; military; syria
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To: Valin

BTTT


21 posted on 07/08/2007 11:03:23 AM PDT by sofaman ("There will only be peace in Israel when the Arabs love their children more than they hate the Jews")
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Giving back the Golan Heights would be tactical and strategic suicide.

Exactly.

...no Israeli politician would ever suggest it.

I believe that several Israeli politicians on the far left actually have, unfortunately. And with Olmert as PM, "tactical and strategic suicide" is possible.

22 posted on 07/09/2007 11:11:36 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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