Souheila: I hope you landed in the arms of your family.

I really do not know Syria as a civilian -- I observed it through the crosshairs of the Israeli army. During my service in the seventies, I had to count traffic of the Syrian army, but this is the past as far as I am concerned.

So from my perspective, you landed on the other side of the moon. What do your relatives and friends tell you? Is coexistence possible? And what windows are there for the Syrians to dialogue with Israelis, as people? Not as representatives of governments, but face to face with citizens who have different points of view.

Once in the nineties, I produced a dialogue between a Syrian member of parliament and an Israeli minister -- live on TV.

A lot has changed since than. As a thaw might be possible between the USA and Syria, maybe another thaw is possible?

I am not optimistic about all this.