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Israeli official rules out Golan withdrawal

By Dina Kraft in Tel Aviv

Published: July 10 2009 15:43 | Last updated: July 11 2009 01:30

Israel will not withdraw entirely from the Golan Heights even as part of a peace deal with Syria, the country’s national security adviser said on Friday.

“If there is a territorial compromise, it is one that still leaves Israel on the Golan Heights and deep into the Golan Heights,” said Uzi Arad, considered the closest adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister.

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