Israel-Syria-Palestine: Sarkozy the Mediator?

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On Wednesday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that, although Israel no longer trusts Turkey to mediate talks with Syria, Damascus would not accept France as an alternative: “On this issue (of mediation), Israel’s stance is that it doesn’t trust us. Former Israeli prime minister Olmert trusted Turkey, but [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu doesn’t trust us. That’s his choice.

“Now France is trying to take up the role we had. I’m not sure what kind of stance [Syrian President] Bashar Assad will take, but from what I’ve heard from him, they’re not going to accept something like this.”

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