Strategic Assessment

Since the end of the Second Lebanon War between Israel and Hizbollah, Israel-Syria relations have fluctuated between concern over the outbreak of a confrontation and hope for renewing the peace process between the two countries, with possibly achieving a breakthrough. The essay reviews and analyzes the developments of this period, and assesses the prospects for a peace agreement. The author contends that barring firm Israeli determination and active American involvement in Israeli-Syrian negotiations it will be difficult for the sides to progress.