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To: Katelew who wrote (195761)	8/7/2006 4:56:02 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I don't know that Shaba is all that useful or important to anyone. In theory Israel could give it up, but if it gave it up for nothing it would probably be taken as a sign of weakness. The Golan is somewhat strategically important. Maybe not as much as it used to be, with longer range attacks easier to pull off than in the past, and with Israel being confident that it can defeat Syria (and Syria probably being confident of that fact as well) if they did go to war, but still I can see why Israel is reluctant to give it up without a peace treaty and formal recognition from Syria.

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