Israel president Shimon Peres calls on Syria's Bashar al-Assad to resign

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The president of Israel called on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to resign in a message directed towards to the Arab world in his first news conference for Arab media.

Shimon Peres also voiced respect for Syrian demonstrators, who he said "are fighting for peace and who want to live like human beings".

On the peace process, Peres said Israel was "closer than ever" to peace with the Palestinians and insisted gaps between the two sides could be bridged by September, when Palestinians say they will seek a vote on statehood at the UN.

full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/26/shimon-peres-syria-bashar-assad

[sudopod]

1. Oh, that'll help. :3 nt

[Ken Burch]

2. If Peres had really wanted to be effective about that, he should have called on Assad to stay

Then, Assad would've felt duty-bound to resign just to defy "the Zionist entity".