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Olmert's big day    Nahum Barnea
1. When
do they put the computer chip in his head or do you think living with aliza is enough?
yaakov ,   JUDEA   (05.24.06)
2. judeo-palestinians?
Judea, interesting place. What is the name of the 2 millions of inhabitants, there? what is their participation in the power of this entity? you want to forget but we don't forget : around you, there are millions of palestinians.
shai ,   T-A   (05.24.06)
3. good move, good article
not since Golda has Israel had a PM with the kind of charm foreign audiences like... Bibi came off as unstable, Barak as arrogant and even Rabin z"l as untrusting and standoffish... but polict and PR are too different things so Barnea is right that the proof will be in the delivery
avramele   (05.24.06)
4. #2
UNFORTUNATELY YOU GUYS IN TA WILL NOT LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THEM SO THESEarabs ARE HERE WITH US, OH WELL AT LEAST THEY DO NOT HAVE A GAY PARADE OR PORNO SHOPS.... YOU WOULD NOT LIKE IT OUT HERE
yaakov ,   JUDEA   (05.24.06)
5. # 3 avremele
Golda charm ? It will take me the rest of my life to work that one out. She was a conniving meddling wheel dealing devil who would have easily found her place and soulmates in Chicago circa 1930. That in no way detracts from her contribution, but charm and she do not match.
yakov shani ,   IL.   (05.24.06)
6. #5 I said foreign audiences
yaacov, you obviously knew the woman better than I (no aspersions cast)... but foreign audiences enjoyed her bruskness and bluntness... i guess its the masochism of diaspora Jews. actually, the one time I met her she actually did seem a bit charming, even gracious.
avramele   (05.24.06)
7. most disturbing
What is the most disturbing issue in this piece? The statement that Israel has no military option against Iran in return for tacit support for convergence. It is true US support has never been 100%. Rabin as Ambassador had great difficulties with Nixon until Israel offered to come to the aide of Jordan by mobilizing against a Syrian invasion of Jordan. The quid and the pro were not invented yesterday. Also Rice et al as reported in this article were right to bring valid concerns to the fore. Hamas percieved Gaza as a defeat. How is this withdrawal different from the previous one on the issue of this perception which is a bad precident? Olmert et al ought to chew long and hard on the issues that were raised against the plan. That said, kol hakavod for a very good speech in the hallowed halls of Congress.
alan ,   frisco   (05.25.06)
8. Places that our ancestors have been thrown out of
Year - Place 1. 250: Carthage 2. 415: Alexandria 3. 554: Diocese of Clement (France) 4. 561: Diocese of Uzzes (France) 5. 612: Visigoth Spain 6. 642: Visigoth Empire 7. 855: Italy 8. 876: Sens 9. 1012: Mayence 10. 1181: France 11. 1290: England 12. 1306: France 13. 1348: Switzerland 14. 1349: Hielbronn (Germany) 15. 1349: Hungary 16. 1388: Strasbourg 17. 1394: Germany 18. 1394: France 19. 1422: Austria 20. 1424: Fribourg & Zurich 21. 1426: Cologne 22. 1432: Savory 23. 1438: Mainz 24. 1439: Augsburg 25. 1446: Bavaria 26. 1453: Franconis 27. 1453: Breslau 28. 1454: Wurzburg 29. 1485: Vincenza (Italy) 30. 1492: Spain 31. 1495: Lithuania 32. 1497: Portugal 33. 1499: Germany 34. 1514: Strasbourg 35. 1519: Regensburg 36. 1540: Naples 37. 1542: Bohemia 38. 1550: Genoa 39. 1551: Bavaria 40. 1555: Pesaro 41. 1559: Austria 42. 1561: Prague 43. 1567: Wurzburg 44. 1569: Papal States 45. 1571: Brandenburg 46. 1582: Netherlands 47. 1593: Brandenburg, Austria 48. 1597: Cremona, Pavia & Lodi 49. 1614: Frankfort 50. 1615: Worms51. 1619: Kiev 52. 1649: Ukraine 53. 1654: LittleRussia 54. 1656: Lithuania 55. 1669: Oran (North Africa) 56. 1670: Vienna 57. 1712: Sandomir 58. 1727: Russia 59. 1738: Wurtemburg 60. 1740: Little Russia 61. 1744: Bohemia 62. 1744: Livonia 63. 1745: Moravia 64. 1753: Kovad (Lithuania) 65. 1761: Bordeaux 66. 1772: Jews deported to the Pale of Settlement (Russia) 67. 1775: Warsaw 68. 1789: Alace 69. 1804: Villages in Russia 70. 1808: Villages & Countrysides (Russia) 71. 1815: Lubeck & Bremen 72. 1815: Franconia, Swabia & Bavaria 73. 1820: Bremes 74. 1843: Russian Border Austria & Prussia 75. 1862: Area in the U.S. under Grant's Jurisdiction 76. 1866: Galatz, Romania 77. 1919: Bavaria (foreign born Jews) 78. 1938-45: Nazi Controlled Areas 79. 1948: Arab Countries 80. ???? Biblical Homeland (by the Jews themselves)
Steven Zeluck ,   San Francisco, CA   (05.25.06)
9. Article in Washington post 26th July 2006
"That's how this campaign is different in a major way from the last one," Barnea said. "From the beginning, Israel didn't want to conquer Lebanon or force Hezbollah to surrender, because it knew it couldn't get that. But it wanted the world to understand that the problem is so hard that they need to intervene, and you can't get the attention of the world unless you start to bomb civilians." Washington Post 6/27/06 Bombing civillians - what is the difference between the terrorist cause and us?
Riaz Osman ,   Karachi, Pakistan   (07.27.06)
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