"I am ready to sit with you [Assad] and talk about peace, not war," said PM Olmert in his first appearance on a major Arabic news station in more than six years, which aired in Israel Monday. Damascus, however, does not believe that Olmert's offers for negotiations are serious, said Syrian parliament member Muhammad Habash. "Assad apparently has other plans than making peace with Israel," said Avi Dichter.
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