| starcraft said: Israel does have a great many extremist views. But it is naive to think that retreating to their pre 1967 borders would give them peace. There are at least two nations (Syria and ESPECIALLY Iran) who have focused most of their foreign policy and internal legitimacy on the ultimate defeat of Israel and their American supporters. I think there are a lot of people in the Middle East that would think better of Israel if they withdrew, but a large number would simply see a weakened state with strategically weaker borders to attack. |
Actually Syria has offered to normalise relations if they get the Golan Heights back and Iran has said they will go with whatever the Palestinians want, in fact Iran offered to normalise relations with Israel if they return to pre 1967 borders. Iran and Syria do however support resistence forces in occupied lands which has angered Israel and the US.
