There’s a peace plan floating about, this one between Israel and Syria in a completely unofficial compromise that retains Israeli water rights, removes Syria’s support for Hezbollah and HAMAS, and distances Syria from Iran:
The document is described as a ‘non-paper,’ a document of understandings that is not signed and lacks legal standing – its nature is political. It was prepared in August 2005 and has been updated during a number of meetings in Europe.
The meetings were carried out with the knowledge of senior officials in the government of former prime minister Ariel Sharon. The last meeting took place during last summer’s war in Lebanon.
Government officials received updates on the meetings via the European mediator and also through Dr. Alon Liel, a former director general at the Foreign Ministry, who took part in all the meetings.
A map of the agreement can be viewed here.
It’s certainly a starting point, if not an outright solution to the standoff between Syria and Israel.