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The agreement was not even violated during the Lebanon War when Israel destroyed most of the Syrian force in Lebanon — including some 90 warplanes and Syria's en- tire surface-to-air missile defense system in the Bekaa Valley. Despite this enduring agreement, Syria is still perceived in the Israeli mind as a country with whom there exists no chance of making peace, a country whose only concern is the destruction of the State of Israel. Why does this distorted perception of Syria persist when it has had no basis in fact since the end of the Yom Kippur War? Is it because of unwill- ingness to negotiate the fate of the Golan Heights? Why was it permissible to negotiate regarding Sinai with Egypt, while with Syria there is nothing to be discussed regarding the Golan's future? After all, security arrangements to meet the requirements of the Israeli army are also feasible on the Golan Heights. As it stands, Israeli law has already been extended to the Golan Heights, a step just short of formal annexa- tion. The leadership of both the Likud and Labor parties still believe today that con- trol of the Golan without peace with Syria is better than its return for peace, even with territorial com- promise. This attitude will certainly change in the future. Yet today for some reason both parties, mired in do- mestic problems, fail to ex- plain to the nation that there is no chance of a com- prehensive peace between Israel and her neighbors, or even of peace with Jordan, without peace with Syria. Anyone who deludes Major General (res.) Avraham Tanzir formerly served as di- rector-general of the Prime Minister's Office and the For- eign Ministry. himself that peace with Syria is possible on the basis of continued Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights or that the United States would support such an aspiration, had better get ready for war. Does Syria's involvement in Lebanon compel us to regard Syria as an eternal enemy? This conclusion is inconsistent with Syria's military conduct there. Syria has not prevented the Israel Defense Force from operating against the PLO in Lebanon, and in 1982, it sent troops into action only when the IDF moved to cap- ture Syrian army positions in the Lebanese Bekka Valley and the Beirut- Damascus Road. Israel must defend her ex- istence and security while striving for peaceful rela- tions with all its neighbors in the region. But it must not intervene militarily to defend the existence or in- tegrity of Arab countries. All that need concern Israel are threats to its own security — for example, the quantity and quality of conventional military forces deployed near its borders and the in- troduction of weapons of mass destruction to the re- gion. In a peace process with Syria, agreements can be made that meet the re- quirements of Israel's na- tional security and address the dangers from Lebanon. The rejectionist front headed by Syria and Iraq was set up largely to thwart the separate peace Egypt signed with Israel. The re- jectionists cut economic and diplomatic ties with Egypt, launched a boycott and engaged in acts of terrorism. Normalization of Egypt's role in the Arab world thus became dependent on pro- gress in the larger peace process. After Egypt regained leadership of the Arab world, Syria adopted the strategy of foiling initiatives for a separate peace between Israel and Jordan or Leb- anon, by means of threats, terror and a military buildup for a war to recap- ture the Golan Heights. Must preparation for war be the only Israeli answer to this Syrian strategy? Or should we also open the door to peace? The time has come to think in terms of com- prehensive regional peace, not just a separate peace. ❑ (