Former US Middle East envoy Dennis Ross said there is a danger of an Israeli-Syrian war breaking out this summer. "Nobody made a decision to go to war, but the Syrians are preparing themselves for one," Ross told Ynetnews.
"Syria has armed Hizbullah to the teeth – there needs to be a price tag for that," said Ross. "The Bush Administration failed in implementing the Syrian Responsibility Law which it itself initiated. The US and Europe need to apply pressure to the Syrian economy, to use a 'carrot and stick' diplomacy' vis-à-vis Damascus," Ross said.
Jerusalem "has its own ways" of communicating with Damascus, Ross added. The policy of not talking to Syria only worsens the danger of war.