Reuters reports “Syria rejects Israeli conditions for peace deal.” (Of course, many skeptics did not think that the peace talks would amount to anything, and they were right.)

According to the Reuters piece, Syria “had received guarantees from Israel via Turkey for a full withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights.” So what held up the talks? “Conditions put by the Jewish state.” Hmm. Murky and disturbing. And the details of those “conditions” have yet to emerge–and they might never–but one distressing point has been re-confirmed: Land is not the central issue.

UPDATE: Israel’s conditions are emerging: Syria refuses to “cut off Hizbullah, Iran.”