Palestinian Concerns Over Syrian-Israeli Negotiations
China View, Special Report | May 29, 2008
Although the recent negotiations between Israel and Syria give an encouraging push to the peace process in the Middle East, some Palestinian faction leaders and analysts expressed concerns about this issue. ++ They believe that focusing on an Israel-Syria peace track would have a negative impact on both direct talks with the Palestinian National Authority and indirect talks with the Islamic Hamas movement. ++ For Israel, it is however much easier to reach a permanent peace agreement with Syria than strike a peace deal with the Palestinians.
