“You’re not wanted here,” they said. “You can’t separate us from our brothers in Amona.” The text of the letter reads as follows: The Hon. Acting Prime Minister Mr. Ehud Olmert Re: Your Visit to Gush Etzion The residents of Gush Etzion have received word that you plan to visit our area today. We call on you not to visit, because you are not welcome here. You are coming here in order to separate us from our brothers in Amona and from other communities which you intend to destroy immediately upon getting elected (something we hope will not occur). We totally reject your attempt to “divide and conquer.” Out of solidarity with our brothers in Binyamin, Samaria, Hevron, Har Hevron, and eastern Gush Etzion, we ask that you do not come here, so as not to cynically exploit the visit for your election campaign. According to our information, you’re coming here in order to check out progress on the construction of the security barrier. We emphasize that we are totally opposed to this security policy… Those security experts who still are not afraid to speak out warn that the barrier is unnecessary, will solve nothing, and will serve to exacerbate terror. You and your ministers are responsible for the national catastrophe that resulted in the expulsion of thousands of Jews from their homes in Gush Katif and northern Samaria, turning them into refugees. You’re government opened up the border between Gaza and Egypt to weapons smugglers and terrorists, paved the way for the Hamas victory in the PA elections, and exposed Netivot and Ashkelon to Kassam rockets. Instead of fighting terrorism and illegal Arab construction throughout the country, your police force carried out a pogrom against faithful Jews in Amona… We declare that we are opposed to the inane security barrier and call upon the government to divert the resources to development towns and the millions of people your government has thrown into poverty. Again, we say, don’t visit our area. You’re not welcome here. Signed, Residents of Efrat and Gush Etzion

Trying to make up for his recent "peresisms"? He surrendered when the Lebanese puppets of Syria demanded the UD leave Hezbullah alone. He gave over funds to support terrorism of the Hamass-PA He hesitated in permitting the IAF to negotiate with the Hamass-PA in the only language they understand, while they were shooting missiles at CIVILIANS!

One phone call to the puppet, wimp politician Olmert by Bush and he folds like a spineless jellyfish. Just as Sharon capitulated to ever unreasonable demand, so will Olmeret. Thats the only thing you can count on with these faithless politicians who pray and bow to the god in the West

there are several places that we can save, besides maale adumim, beitar illit, pisgat zeev, gush etzion are large blocks, but i think mr Olmert is forgetting alfei menashe, ariel, ofarim, the moddin block which is also large forget about the small ones lets save what is posible to save

Yamit was part of Israel Taba was part of Israel Nitsarim was part of Israel Gushqatif was part of Israel Maybe Juerosaleem also. IN YOUR DREAMS

Pure greed and racism.

You must be in a dreaming - there is no such entity as palestina- it's a figment of your imagination. When you wake up, all your deamons will go away.

politicians change their tune when they feel their ground is shaky - without any care as to how obvious they are. They are truly and simply SHAMELESS power hungry men.

#2: Not according to international law they're not. Get over it. As far as Ma'ale Adumim, we on the Radical Center believe that certain parts of the West Bank will have to be annexed by Israel and equivalent territory will be ceded to the Palestinians elsewhere. Ma'ale Adumim is one such instance. Mar Olmert is proving to be a terrific leader and I, together with many Israelis and Jews worldwide, am looking forward to his becoming Prime Minister next month. QADIMAH!!

Just look at Resolution 242 and FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. Another NEWSFLASH: What "fence" is this dude talking about?? He couldn't possibly be calling that Enormous, Ugly, Huge CEMENT WALL, a "fence" could he?? This "fence" is several times bigger than the Berlin Wall (not fence for some reason) ever was. The one thing in common it does have with the one that was in Germany is that this too, will be broken down. Don't try doing it with fence-cutters though. I wonder if Olmert's house is made of "fences."

No, in your nightmares. Amman is your capital. Now go

Would I buy a used car from this man? Never.

Don't you think that it would help if you actually had at least a vague idea about international law, before making statements? As it happens, those settlements do not violate the international law. Michael, law is not a religion -- what you and "Radical Center" believe is actually irrelevant. And what the h^%&& is "Radical Center"? Another name for The reconstituted Communist Party?

WHAT ABOUT THE ANCIENT SHUL FOUND IN RAMALLAH OR JERICHO SPOKEN ABOUT IN ANOTHER ARTICLE , HERE ON *YNET? HUH WHAT ABOUT THAT TAKEN BACK FOR ISRAEL. WHAT ABOUT OLMERT MOVING TO ALASKA

Yes it is. Those Arabs are totally greedy and racist. 22 Judenrein states and it's not enough.

Lets see your people make Gaza bloom, from the toilet that it is today...then, and only then, would I spend time laughing in the Israeli press if I were Palestinian. Given the condition of your people, your laughter is tragic, because life here in Israel is and always will be wonderful, despite its problems. Yamit, Taba, Netzarim, Gush Katif all flourished as does Jerusalem under Jewish rule. What do you have to show for the billions the world invested in their hopes for your people? Suha's jewelry? Israel is here to stay. Maybe one day it will have a peaceful Palestine as a next-door neighbor, that knows how to build and invest instead of just destroy and embezzle. For God's sake and the sake of the future, that is my fervent, Jewish prayer.

requiring Israel to cede ANY territory under present conditions. Also, please note, that "Palestinians" were not a party to the 1968 conflict, they didn't even exist, the territories were not taken from them, and thus the Resolution 242 cannot possibly apply to them. Now, should Jordan enter into negotiations with Israel over the territories, Resolution 242 would be applicable, perhaps. After all, their failure to negotiate for almost 40 years may be construed as abandonment of the territories, which I believe they did. You see, that's what happens when morons want to discuss something they know nothing about, like law.

Big freakin deal that Olmert professes Maaleh Adumim is part of Israel. Of course it is! Now, onto the heart of the matter - Israel's entire heartland of Judea & Samaria. Olmert needs to come clean about how many Jews he intends on making into refugees, and at the same time, how he intends on rewarding Israel's genocidal foes by giving them the Jewish heartland. Who made him king anyway? He has no right to cede any part of the Jewish homeland. Where are his demands of the Arab leaders to take in their PA brothers who are a mix of Jordanians, Eqyptians, Lebanese etc. Why is their demands Israel's problem anyway? As soon as the Arab despots give back ALL the Jewish land stolen from the hundreds of thousands of Arab Jews, then maybe we can "negotiate"..... This is the least that the people of Israel can expect from their "leader". Quid pro quo.

In response to #7: "Palestine" in your dreams.... alongside other mythical places like Oz and Disneyland. There is no "Palestine". There never will be. There is and will always be ISRAEL.

An old man visited France and had trouble finding his passport, making the customs officer infuriated. "Well I didn't need a damn passport the last time I came," the man stated. "incoyable, impossible, no one enters France without a passport,' said the furious customs agent. "Even at Normandy?" the old man asked.