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National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi says that Israel and the Syrian regime are in direct daily contact and are discussing the possibility of normalization, Israel Hayom reports. Hanegbi today confirms comments he made during a classified session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Sunday, saying “There is direct daily dialogue at all levels between Israel and the regime in Syria. I am leading it with political officials there,” the Hebrew outlet reports. Hanegbi told the committee that Syria and Lebanon are candidates for the Abraham Accords normalization agreements, the paper reports. When asked whether Israel had agreed...

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday declared the 1974 agreement creating a UN-patrolled buffer zone between Israel and Syria null and void. In the wake of the fall of the al-Assad regime and the disappearance of Bashar al-Assad, Netanyahu ordered the IDF into the buffer zone. In particular, the IDF took possession of the 9,232-foot Mount Hermon, the highest point in Israel-Lebanon-Syria-Jordan.Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that the IDF has seized control of a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone separating the Israeli-occupied and Syrian-controlled Golan Heights.Netanyahu said a 1974 agreement that established the zone of separation between the two...

Feb. 10, 2005 22:00 Snow expected in Jerusalem as cold spell peaks By DAVID RUDGE Snow is forecast for Jerusalem and hilly central districts over the weekend as well as Mount Hermon and northern peaks as the recent cold spell reaches a peak. The Israel Meteorological Service (IMS) said rain in the North on Thursday night would turn to snow on northern reaches of the Golan and Galilee hilltops, as well as Mt. Hermon. The rain is slated to spread to central and southern district in the course of Friday with the prospects of sleet in Jerusalem, although this is...