Israël is niet zinnens de Golanhoogte die het sinds 1967 wederrechtelijk bezet houdt te ontruimen en terug aan Syrië over te dragen. Het tegendeel lijkt waar, er zijn nu al meer dan 30 Israëlische kolonies ingeplant.
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An aide to Israel's prime minister has said Israel must keep a large part of the Golan Heights, rejecting Syria's major demand for a peace deal.
The previous government held indirect talks with Syria, assumed to be based on returning the Golan Heights, occupied in 1967, in return for peace.
In June, Syrian President Bashar Assad said there was no partner for talks on the Israeli side.
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He said the Israeli government was willing to resume negotiations with "no prior conditions", but Israeli control of parts of the territory was necessary for "strategic, military and land-settlement reasons... needs of water, wine and landscape".
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