1.   But Israel says it is willing to give back the strategic plateau in exchange for full peace with Syria if its security needs can be met.

2.   Heavy fighting was reported again Sunday on Grabez, a strategic plateau just east of the enclave where a Bosnian Serb advance has apparently stalled.

3.   Quneitra lies on the edge of the cease-fire line separating the Syrian and Israeli armies that runs the length of the strategic Golan Heights plateau.

4.   Syria says it is ready for full peace with Israel, but insists on first hearing that it will get back all of the strategic plateau.

5.   Until now, Assad has not publicly budged from his insistence that Israel first remove its armed forces and civilian settlements from the strategic plateau.

6.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was elected in May, says Israel should retain control of the strategic plateau.

7.   Assad wants Israel to declare a readiness to withdraw from the strategic plateau before agreeing to a peace settlement.

8.   Assad has made the return of the entire strategic plateau an absolute condition for peace.

9.   Barak has said he is willing to consider ceding most of the strategic plateau despite opposition from Israeli settlers living there.

10.   Barak has strongly hinted that he would cede the strategic plateau, but refuses to say so until he knows what security guarantees Syria will agree to.