Give Up the Golan—A “Reasonable” Compromise?

January 3, 2007

In a memorandum to other expert advisers, Close wrote, “To have any realistic chance of success, I believe that the process would have to start with the announcement of a major initiative, promoted and vigorously supported by the United States, to reach a comprehensive resolution to the Israel–Arab crisis through a process of reasonable compromise and accommodation between Israel and her Arab neighbors.”

Close presents his option for a major initiative that would engage Syria, saying, “Perhaps the US will have to put pressure on Israel to make territorial concessions in the Golan.”

By Will King,
Israel Mosaic Radio Correspondent

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