1/7/2025–|Last update: 14:26 (Mecca time)
A report published by “Israel Hume” newspaper reviewed the details of Syria’s potential conditions to agree Normalization with Israel According to the desires of the United States, while Haaretz provided an analysis of the obstacles that prevent this, including the dispute over the future Golan occupier.
The Haaretz correspondent in Washington Bin Samwalese confirmed that the US President’s administration’s speech Donald Trump About the possibility of Syria to join Abraham Conventions Besides Bahrain, the Emirates, Morocco and Sudan- it has increased in recent days.
This comes in the wake of Washington’s interference in the war between Israel and Iran, and the increasing doubts about the effectiveness of American diplomacy, according to Haaretz.
Conditions of Syria
In its report, Yisrael Hume relied on what was reported by the Lebanese news channel “LBCI” news channel on Syria’s conditions to normalize relations with Israel.
It is reported that these conditions include an official Israeli recognition of the government of the current Syrian president Ahmed Al -SharaAnd a full withdrawal from the lands occupied by Israel after the fall of the ousted Syrian President’s regime Bashar al -Assad In December 2024.
The conditions also include a comprehensive stand for Israeli air strikes on Syria and security arrangements in the south of the country, as well as American guarantees and support for the Syrian government.
On the other hand, according to the newspaper, Syria may agree to constantly recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan.
Indicators
Haaretz quoted the American envoy to the Middle East Stephen Witkev – In an interview with CNBC- the US administration hopes to “achieve normalization with countries that no one had to imagine their accession, pointing to” large ads to come. “
According to the newspaper, Trump did not deny in a statement on Fox News the possibility of Syria to join the agreements, and said that he had lifted “sanctions on Syria at the request of some of our friends in the region.”
The report quoted Trump’s envoy to Syria, Thomas Barak, as confirming that Sharia is a desire to achieve peace on the border with Israel.
Barak suggested that the process begin with an “indirect dialogue on simple border issues, which may later develop into broader discussions aimed at preventing escalation between the two countries.”
Challenges
Haaretz believes that the challenges are many, despite the optimism of the American administration of the possibility of normalization, the first of which is the radical dispute between Israel and Syria over the future of the occupied Golan, especially after Trump recognized in his first term that Israel annexed the region, and thus boasted in his election campaign for the year 2024.
The newspaper added that Israel’s wild penetration into southwestern Syria makes any ceasefire agreement insufficient to ensure a good relationship between the two parties, which requires a fundamental and practical solution.
According to Haaretz, the recent Israeli attacks against Iran, Lebanon and Syria have made it clear to the United States that its ally places its national security over any American diplomatic initiative, or an attempt to improve Trump’s diplomatic record.
According to the newspaper, indirect negotiations between Syria and Israel continue despite the regional anger over the wars of Gaza and Iran, and internal turmoil in Syria due to the Israeli incursions.
In her report, Haaretz warned that Israel would exaggerate the exploitation of the current situation, which may provoke the Syrian president to an extent that he could not market any agreement in front of his internal base or his people who are already angry at the Israeli presence in the country.