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PM: We cannot wait for Palestinians forever
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Published: 25.05.06, 00:36
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1. Us tells Hamas "Drop Dead". I love it
Jacob ,   DC   (05.24.06)
2. Bush is an idiot.
sk ,   USA   (05.24.06)
3. draw the lines & build 2km high wall!
(05.24.06)
no qassamas or katjusa will go over that!
4. INNOCENTS of the ENTIRE WORLD MUST PROTEST
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (05.24.06)
The U.S. EU, UN, Russia, and Israeli leaders cooperate fully with the global jihadist's goal of Islamic world conquest, by providing PA/PLO, Hamas, Al-Qaida, Hizbullah, et al, an Islamic terror state in Israel as a base for their global terror operations.
5. Response to # 2 + # 3
yakov shani ,   IL.   (05.24.06)
2 ) Very profound statement. 3 ) Very stupid statement..
6. That is till after Pres. Bush leaves office
Steve ,   USA   (05.24.06)
B"H See http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3254538,00.html Read carefully, this means 2 to 4 years down the road, after Bush's successor takes office for setting boarders and uprooting Jews. This is no mandate to uproot Jews no matter how it is being spun by the press towards that direction.
7. no other choice!
Shai ,   T-A   (05.24.06)
While Linda is looking for innocents - good luck, darling - may I ask what other solution than separation can you fathom? 3 millions of palestinians on this side of the jordan river, a negociation impossible because of the hamas, the status quo delaying the moment of truth at the cost of our soldiers'life, the expulsion impossible for moral and political reasons. Say it! what else? where are you Linda, ? an innocent around?
8. #7 Evict all Arabs from Israel
(05.24.06)
You think you are making friends with the Arab world and with the Arabs living in Israel when you state that "We want to keep an Arab majority", that there are too many Arabs in Israel. Shai, go live in the PLO, we'll contribute. Your just like NK, kissing the enemie's hand and you dont give a damn when Jews are hurt or evicted but your heart bleeds for every PLO incident. Your time is ending, the people will see the travesty if this occurs, and your parties will be booted and the true Jews will take over the government. It was not as Israelis who told the Arabs in the 40s that, "This is our land", it was as Jews. It was because of this petty insults to other Jews did American and the world shun their backs to what was going on in the Holocaust. Those that do not remember what has happened when those that have appeased those that seek to destroy seek to repeat that evil past.
9. Olmert's 'Plans' & Hollow 'Threats'
Adina kutnicki ,   US   (05.24.06)
The problem with Olmert's 'threats' to the PA Arabs that Israel will draw its own borders is based on total illogic. IF Olmert were to tell the Arabs that because of their unremitting terror, Israel will annex ALL of the Jewish neighborhoods in its heartland no matter how hard they scream, then that would indeed be a true threat. That would show the PA Arabs that terror REALLY doesn't pay. INSTEAD, Olmert's response is thus - no matter how much terror you PA Arabs make, you will STILL receive our heartland as a gift, whether you want it this way or not. The Arabs respond like two year olds who typically tantrum, yet at the end of the day receive hugs and candy. It doesn't make it a good plan for Israel just because the Arabs don't want anything from the Jews. As a matter of fact, at the end of the day they want any piece of Israel they can get their terror paws on, and will stop at nothing to get it all. Therefore, when Olmert comes out in a strong voice that Israel will not wait too long for a partner, the ONLY people he is hurting are the Jews in Israel. This is exactly the point. He and his regime are willing to gamble that some quiet will prevail for the next few years after the 'gifting'. In the meanwhile, Peres will be busy building the Negev and Galilee for the tens of thousands of Jewish refugees. Who will reap the financial rewards of this 'convergence'? The Israeli & mainly US backers of OLmert, Peres and Sharon. These billionaires and mega millionaires are banking on a huge windfall - all at the expense of Jewish blood that will inevitably follow 'convergence'.
10. 7 get you numbers right
ariel ,   jerusalem   (05.24.06)
there are 2.4 "palestinains" 1.5 livein gaza that leaves only 900,000 living in the west bank besides they have 92% of there population under 42% of the land. my question is why are we giving terrorists 90% when all theyneed is 50-60% why shouldnt we keep it. we won it why should we give to the root of all that is evil in israel and the world. remember its because of them that the economy is the way it is. we shouldnt give them an inch more than they need. at least until a REAL negotiated agreementwhich i dont see happening in 30-40 years at least
11. what folly
Yisraeli   (05.24.06)
an Israel that gives up Ju(w)-dea is an Israel that gives up its raison d'etre and has no right to exist. For if Jews have no hold of Judea by what right does it claim right over Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Ashkelon, Acre, Haifa etc. etc. Bottom line an Israel without its soul Judea is an Israel that will not last and go the distance it will doom herself.
12. Funny!
KS ,   Lebanon   (05.24.06)
Really?? Israel is gonna draw it's own borders?? What a surprise!! Does the GREAT WALL OF ISRAEL have wheels cause i thought Israel already annexed land it wasn't supposed to. But who knows, maybe olmert in the future, if he finds a 'genuine' palestinian partner to sit with, will move the wall...on it's Pirelli wheels of course!!
13. Star of the capitol?
jason white ,   afula,israel   (05.25.06)
I believe the picture should have been called monkey in the middle.
14. Important announcement from Ellen Prescott!!
Ellen Prescott ,   Southsea, Hampshire   (05.25.06)
Dear all Palestinians and other readers, it has come to my attention that someone is posting on this site pretending to be Ellen Prescott. Note, that this is not me doing that. I mean it is me obviously this time but not me before then apart from the times that it was me (obviously i mean before the other Ellen Prescott who is not me started posting!!!). In any case I am pleased to announce that this time it is me and not the other Ellen Prescott. In order to avoid any confusion please refer to me as Ellen Prescott. Please do not refer to the other Ellen Prescott as me. Thank you one and all. Ellen Prescott
15. #5 (yakov) is very profound too!
sk ,   USA   (05.25.06)
16. Shai T-A: when will answer the QUESTION?
sk ,   USA   (05.25.06)
17. israel and u.s. joined together in fight against terrorists
debra ,   usa   (05.25.06)
daniel wultz did not die in vain. his life and death have brought the congress of the united states to an awakening that the jewish state of israel is an ally and friend, and that america is joined to israel with bonds that are forever in this fight against terror.
18. Number 12
Michael G ,   Canada   (05.25.06)
Hey buddy, I know you think you're all smart and dandy because you live in Lebanon, but please the next time you post something about matter which you do not even know, please get your facts straight. Only 3% or so of the "wall" is an actual large cement wall. Also the wall is built so it can be dismanteled in a few weeks, and no my friend, we dont need wheels on the wall pieces. Unlike you and your Lebanonian people, we CAN use machinery and such complicated things.
19. Bush will swing the way his oil friends swing, he doesn't
Bunnie Meyer ,   Santa Monica, CA   (05.25.06)
give a damn about Israel and he never will. Bush lies as much as as old what's his name, araflat or something like that did when he said he wanted peace but meant the whole pie.
20. #14
Ellen Prescott ,   Southsea, Hampshire   (05.25.06)
What ? I am Ellen Prescott !! Get lost girl !
21. Why is this news?
Irit   (05.25.06)
Israel has been drawing its own borders for as long as it exists. This is why anyone who can moves to a normal country.
22. the idiot is going in circles
Fares ,   USA   (05.25.06)
your PM is going in circles and has selective hearing . 1967 line ,jerusalem issue,refugees .....then will talk body ...not befor . how many times Palestinians need to spell this to this man . there is no viable palestinian state without jerusalem .period . we are not going to live there under your mercy ..controlling our electricity and water and borders . i don't see a way out of this unfortunatly . stop taking our land ,,then will talk ,idiot .
23. What a JOKE!
Ron ,   USA   (05.25.06)
Both Bush and Olmert are Idiots....
24. Linda, the ultra Zionist from NYC !!
(05.25.06)
Perhaps Linda, if all the fanatics of your kind decide to come to live in Israel, the situation would have been different and the israli PMs would have other options than create a new refugge problem. But obviously you prefer security and way of life than ideology.
25. Dear Linda, I heard your cry, I felt your distress.
Marcel Abel ,   Thoiry, France   (05.25.06)
How modest my help, it's yours. In God we trust, our Saviour. « ...(that you forget) the LORD your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath of the oppressor? « Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. « Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will THEY BUILD HOUSES and OTHERS LIVE IN THEM or plant and OTHERS eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands. They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them. BEFORE they call I will ANSWER; while they are STILL speaking I will HEAR. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but DUST will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, » says the LORD. Isaiah 65
26. Two losers and one PR event
Ilan ,   Ariel   (05.25.06)
One for Ehud and one for George. No two men (using the term liberally) every were so dependent one on the next. The dustbin awaits them both.
27. Olmert is a liar
Mosher   (05.25.06)
How can he say "we will not yield to terror" when that is exactly what he is doing with his convergence plan ? "Israel has learned it must give up some of its dreams in the interest of a secure future for a Jewish democratic state". The idea that Israel needs to destroy most of the settlements and give away most of the West Bank to the arabs because of demographic problems is a FUD. It's a lie. Don't let yourselves be deceived by the israeli left sophisms. You don't have to destroy jewish settlements to give autonomy to the arabs or isolate them. You don't have to give everything they want. The right procedure to solve this problem is to keep the settlements in place and give them ONLY the large arab populated areas and build the wall around them. Or at least build the wall including every settlement on the "israeli side".
28. test of our time indeed
alan ,   frisco   (05.25.06)
The test of our time is indeed whether the West and Japan and all freedom and peace loving people will allow a dictator in Iran to have in his hands nuclear weapons of any kind. Olmert hit the nail on the head with that one. He hit other home runs. Will the Palestineans awaken from, as Fajud Ajami has descriped, the dream palace and see the world of compromise as most industralized nations see compromise? Then there is the reasonable time line to start renouncing violence , start recognizing Israel's existence as a done deal. The ball is now in Abbas' court. Will he foul out or play by the rules? Will he take on Hamas or allow Hamas to destroy Fatah ? More importantly, is there really any difference between the two at all? Time and the tides will tell.
29. Meanwhile Pollard stays in jail
Meir ,   Beit Shemesh, Israel   (05.25.06)
So Ehud shakes hands, smiles, and smiles, and smiles and forgets about Pollard who is still languishing in a US jail. Not a word about him.
30. # 14 Ellen
yakov shani ,   IL.   (05.25.06)
Duck Soup or A Day at the Races, which one was it you saw last nigh ?.
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