tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post6565784449046755969..comments2023-12-27T03:40:39.548-05:00Comments on Mah Rabu מה רבו: Also north 6: The GolanBZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-13249630953772611252008-04-13T16:41:00.000-04:002008-04-13T16:41:00.000-04:00Hi,There are several hundred thousand disenfranchi...Hi,<BR/>There are several hundred thousand disenfranchised Golan residents, they just are no longer on the Golan.They fled the area / were kicked off their land during the 1967 war. Although the remaining Syrians who still live on the Golan have the option of Israeli citizenship, the vast majority have refused and consider themselves subjects of Syria.<BR/><BR/>The relevance of the size of the Golan to Syria is that we should view with skepticism and even cynicism the claim by the government of Syria that the return of the Golan is such a crucial national interest that peace with Israel depends upon the return of that territory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-34126113853444744302008-04-11T00:02:00.000-04:002008-04-11T00:02:00.000-04:00That last poster is really bad.My attitude toward ...That last poster is really bad.<BR/><BR/>My attitude toward the Golan, and Syria is that it is not reasonable to engage in war without assuming the risk that you will lose territory in doing so. Syria engaged the war, and lost the territory. Too bad, so sad.<BR/><BR/>As for the West Bank and Gaza. . . I can understand why annexation isn't an option, but, had Israel known in 67 that it would still be dealing in 2007, perhaps it would have taken a Marshall plan approach, really building up the territories for the Pals and then letting them fight a perfunctory war of independence.The Reform Baal Teshuvahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842373562562136325noreply@blogger.com