Syrian foreign minister: Israel doesn't want peace

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"Syrian foreign minister: Israel doesn't want peace"
Jerusalem Post
March 27, 2008

Summary:
At a meeting with foreign ministers from different Arab nations, a Syrian minister said that he does not believe the Israeli government has a true desire for peace. He said that they pursue aggressive policies that don't bring peace to the nation. However, a day earlier, the prime minister of Israel said that he is ready to settle conflicts with Syria. The Syrian minister says that his country supports justice and peace, and that it is a "land for peace."
Meanwhile, an annual meeting that was planned to occur soon has been cancelled because of deep divisions between Arab leaders. This division was caused mainly from the Syrians being accused of getting too involved in affairs in Lebanon. The Syrian minister feels that more Arab nations need to start helping Lebanon, which has been going through a crisis that needs to be settled. Syria cannot fix everything on its own. He says that the nations need to forget their differences, come together, and find solutions.

Reactions:
-This article relates to 'State-building, expansion, and conflict' because it is about the conflicts that several nations are going through with eachother.
-Arab countries that are allies with the US have been involved in conflict with Syria for the past 3 years, and they have been continuing to get worse.
-The point of view of this article is the staff of Jerusalem Post, so it is most likely an Israeli.
-The author of the article did not impact the way the article was written, but the Syrian foreign minister that is quoted throughout the article seems to have a very biased opinion. He repeatedly says that Israel is not achieving any peace, and they don't seem to even want it. However, he is a political leader of a nation that is known to have a lot of tension with Israel, so his opinion could be exagerrated.
-A point of view missing from this article is a leader of a country that does not have any conflicts going on with Israel. We could see from an outsider's point of view if Israel really doesn't seem to have a desire for peace.
-I feel that the Syrian minister was most likely exagerrating the idea that Israel doesn't want peace. I don't think any country wouldn't want to have peace. They seem to just be struggling to find it. They say that Israel has made "aggressive policies and actions", but I think it's probably because they have to be stricter with their laws and policies in order to get things under control. Also, although it would be extremely difficult, I think the nations should try to resolve their conflicts and work together to help eachother.