The Defense Minister has compared the situation with Syria to that with Egypt after the 1973 war: it takes a large-scale war to make it possible to negotiate the same terms that both parties were committed to all along.
After 1973, Israel acceded to the demand Egypt had been making since 1971—to return Sinai and live in peace.
Regrettably, Barak is right on this. Syria will attack with a thousand mid-range missiles, and Israel will defeat it, but the shock will force Israelis to negotiate away the Golan Heights.
This sucks.
I will never see if there is a reply to my comment.
Anyway, I wonder what prevents Israel from defeating Syria, taking more land and teaching Syrians never to attack again?
After all, Germany attacked in WWI, lost some territories, then attacked again in WWII and lost more territories.
Let’s not forget that even without Golan Heights, Syria is 10 times bigger than Israel including Golan.