Syria Serious About Peace With Israel

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By Gideon Alon, Haaretz Correspondent,

Haaretz Service and Agencies

Last Updated: 19:13 25/12/2006

A senior Military Intelligence officer said Monday that he believes recent peace overtures emanating from Syrian President Bashar Assad are serious.

"Syria is genuinely interested in negotiations," Brigadier General Yossi Baidetz, head of the Military Intelligence research division, told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

"The Syrian regime believes that dialog with Israel will only better its position and improve its standing," Baidatz said.

... Defense Minister Amir Peretz said in response that Israel should hold an "urgent debate" to weigh Syria's recent diplomatic overture to consider entering into negotiations.

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