Yesterday: Almost wonderful news that Israeli PM Ehud Olmert was signaling that he was ready to negotiate with Syria. Going through the Turkish PM, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Olmert told the Syrian government that he was willing to return the Golan Heights in exchange for a lasting peace. However, returning Golan is unpopular in Israel and members of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, are working on a bill that would make withdrawal dependent on a nationwide referendum.
Today: The White House released a statement revealing that the target of Israel's September air strike was a Syrian nuclear reactor that "was not intended for peaceful purposes." Better yet, the technology seems to have come from North Korea. Don't worry, we're not going to war with Syria or North Korea. Although it's unclear how this will affect the six-party talks with N. Korea, the U.S. is working with/through the International Atomic Energy Agency to deal with Syria, which has some 'splainin to do about why the didn't inform the IAEA they were developing a reactor, as required by the nuclear non-proliferation treaty they signed.
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