What Are the Security Guarantees of a True, Lasting Peace With Syria?
Israel risks its national security if it puts its trust in a “peace agreement” with Syria because until Syria denounces support for terrorism and stops serving as a safe heaven for terrorist groups, there cannot be “security guarantees.” The danger for Israel will be to give away her best “security guarantee” and remain vulnerable to terrorism, as in the case of the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria, known as the West Bank, and Gaza Strip. So far, concessions with the Palestinians show one thing: the more concessions, the more terrorism and increase of homicide bombings. Can Israel, after the evidence of Syria’s sponsoring of terrorism, risk having the same “Palestinian experience”? The simple fact is that Israel is paying a painful price for peace. A peace that translates into more homicide bombings, while the international community continues to deny the acts of terrorism sponsored by Yasser Arafat, the Hezbollah and Hamas. Bashar Al-Assad, likewise, supports terrorists in more than
