(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Jerusalem will not negotiate peace with Damascus while Syria is actively waging war against Israel, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told a U.S. congressional delegation Thursday. Sharon said Syria can't use Hizballah - armed with some 11,000 missiles - to fight a proxy war against Israel from Lebanon, and at the same time say it is interested in peace. "We want peace, we want to negotiate, but the Syrians must stop supporting terror, end aid to Hizballah, and close down the headquarters of the terrorist organizations in Damascus," diplomatic officials quoted Sharon as saying. Sharon said the "new wind" blowing out of Damascus is a result of the threat of U.S. sanctions in the recently passed Syrian Accountability Act.
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