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Lebanon: Israel ends blockade
Hanan Greenberg
Published: 09.09.06, 00:06
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1. where are the soldiers dude?!!
jj ,   london, UK   (09.08.06)
Olmert look at you right on the eye, and he lies, all his promises, plans, victories, words of trust, everything he said in his days as a PM were lies. Except when he said that I won't resign. only then he didn't lie. so, he dropped his last card, what left? prisoners swap, why didn't he do it since the very begining? he made a fool of every Israeli around the world, and he created much hater to them, much more than they had already. Good job Olmert, you are a true leader!!
2. LIFTING OF SEA BLOCKADEON LEBANON
DISGUSTED ,   ISRAEL   (09.08.06)
I THOUGH THERE WAS A PROMISE THAT THE LIFTING OF THE BLOCKADE DEPENDED ON THE RELEASE OF OUR THREE KIDNAPPED BOYS! WHAT A FIASCO!!
3. Blockade
Monty   (09.08.06)
Olmert is now answerable to all Israelis for not accepting the advice of the military not to yet lift the blockade. Surely security reasons should over-ride the desire to placate the USA and that Israel hater, Annan. I had supported you, Ehud, until today, but I am afraid I no longer do, and I believe enough people support my view to make your future in Israeli politics look bleak. Start negotiating to return to your legal practce and be able to defend yourself when investgations pending against you lead to an indictment.
4. Learn #1 #2
Richard ,   NYC USA   (09.08.06)
Guys just look and learn from olmert how not to be in your life....seriously i never saw such an idiot in my life and what suprises me more is how the hell he thinks hes doing a good job and staying in power, i am still in shock
5. Are we ever getting good news?
RA   (09.08.06)
6. About the ship 'Al Waleed' : Polluting Master....
gerd schulz ,   germany   (09.08.06)
Jail requested for polluting master A one-year jail sentence has been requested by a court in Marseilles against Anis Yazdani Zuberi, the Pakistani master of the UAE-flagged container vessel Khaled Ibn Al Waleed, suspected of voluntarily cleaning its tanks off the French coast in February. This is an unprecedented request on the part of a court, in a case of marine pollution, where normally only fines are requested. The court has also requested a fine of €480,000 ($580,000) against the vessel owner and a €20,000 fine against the master. The 2,200 TEU Khaled Ibn Al Waleed, operated by United Arab Shipping Company, was seen off Cape Sicié on 11 February with an 18km-long oil slick in its wake. The vessel, subsequently detained at Fos, had to pay a €400,000 bail to be authorised to sail. Judges are expected to give their final verdict early in September. Source: DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER 2004 – 099 PSi-Daily Shipping News Page 1 06/23/04 Number 099***DAILY SHIPPING NEWSLETTER***Thursday 24-06-2004 THIS NEWSLETTER IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY : VLIERODAM WIRE ROPES Ltd.
7. smolmert
gavriel ,   maoz zion   (09.08.06)
please read this: http://www.luxlightassociates.com/endTime.php that might explain something.
8. Kadima voters: you must be sooo proud of our "moderate" PM
gabriela ben ari ,   jerusalem   (09.08.06)
Look at the country you've just turned into a joke for the nations To all you "moderate" voters make sure our soldiers return home soon
9. loser can't be chooser!
cleopatra ,   cairo   (09.08.06)
don't think so far, guys!
10. FIASCO + FIASCO = ?? ! ! WHO CAN TELL WHY EMPTY HAND
AVINU   (09.08.06)
LIFTING BLOCKADE OF LEBANON AIR & SEA WITH NO KIDDNAPED SOLDIERS BACK ????????????? WHY SUCH FIASCO .......................?..... WHAT IS THAT STRATEGY ?................ FIASCO + FIASCO = ?
11. ck..ck..ck...
cleo ,   egypt   (09.08.06)
Thursday evening, in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is visiting in Israel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that "until the kidnapped soldiers are released, there will not be full implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1701. Israel is implementing its side of the resolution, and thus, Lebanon must do the same and release the two kidnapped soldiers immediately."
12. Yes, A Very Bad Joke # 8
Morris Hoffman ,   White Plains, NY   (09.08.06)
"Look at the country you've just turned into a joke for the nations" - gabriela ben ari I can assure you that no one is laughing at this very bad joke called Israel.
13. #6
Jack ,   SF, Cal   (09.08.06)
WTF does that have to do with anything?!
14. Italians will enforce arms embargo on HIzbullah
Jorge Banner ,   Bs.As.,Argentina   (09.08.06)
Sure. Pigs fly, too. And Santa Claus is going to bring me a brand new BMW. This would be funny if it wasn't to sad.
15. once upon a time
jj ,   london, UK   (09.08.06)
there was a very strong Nation called the Soviet Union, they elected a snake once called mikhail gorbachev who brought the great nation down to nothing. In Isreal they have the same example of Mr.gorbachev, the guy called Olmert, and he started already taking the country down. Small piece of advice, for those who don't have duel passport, start immigrating right now, the US is a good place, in UK we are not too crazy about your like.
16. #4
sid ,   usa   (09.08.06)
nasrallah was correct when he called olmert an idiot. from day one olmert could of avoid the blood shed and destruction on both sides by swaping prisoners
17. The truth about the blockade and ending the war
Larry ,   Eastbourne, UK   (09.08.06)
1. Israel was pressured by the UN and the EU and the USA to end the blockade, and predictably gave in to such pressure. 2. If you think about it, Israel could not have maintained the blockade in practice. Israel was hardly going to attack the airplanes and ships of other countries, was it? 3. The sea and air blockade was totally irrelevant as regards the weapons flooding into Lebanon over the land border from Syria. Of course, now that the UN is in charge, weapons for Hizbullah will also flow in freely by sea and air. The government of Israel, despite its public words to the contrary, cannot be so naive as not to know this. The article comments "Another step towards ending war in Lebanon." This is true only from the Lebanon viewpoint. The war will not be over for Israel unless the abducted soldiers are released and Hizbullah is disarmed.
18. Thanks #7, much appreciated.
LEE ,   NY, USA   (09.08.06)
19. None of this makes sense!
Dovy ,   Toronto   (09.08.06)
The Zionists are really in outer space. Do they REALLY think the Hizbullah will be deterred because of a few Italians? Do the Zionists REALLY think this is going to make life nice for the Zionist regime? This is ridiculous. Hizbullah is going to say, "Well, that's it. No more resistance, Italy won't let us through."
20. World Tired of Dealing with Foolish Israeli Nonsense
World Citizen ,   the world   (09.08.06)
That's right. The world, including the United States, has finally said enough of this Israeli nonsense. No more targeted assasinations, cluster bombs, shelling beaches and murdering innocent civilians. Either you country will clean its act up or be treated as the racist pariah state it has shown itself to be. If you want your soldiers back release the 9000 Lebanese and Palestinian hostages that are suffering in Israeli jails. Use your rubber bullets and bulldozers on some of the Brooklyn settler kooks and make them move inside the pre-1967 borders. If you want peace leave the Golan Heights and West Bank.
21. To World Citizen
Dovy ,   Toronto   (09.08.06)
You are correct. However, the nature of Zionism is that it does not function according to normal human rationality. It has a built-in need to destroy and for bloodshed. It always needs to show "who is boss." But that very quality is what will ultimately bring the crazed regime down, like South Africa, except that Zionism is much worse than apartheid.
22. American Jews Losing Patience With Zionist Israel
Morris Hoffman ,   White Plains   (09.08.06)
Even Americans Jews are getting fed up with Israel. No fewer than six of the eleven Jewish US Senators voted for an amendment to ban the use of cluster bombs on civilian targets. Their concern was motivated in part by Israel's indiscriminate dropping of these cluster bombs all over southern Lebanon.
23. WICKED ACT enables SOLDIERS to be TRANSPORTED OUT of Lebanon
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (09.08.06)
Olmert how can you do this to the precious IDF kidnapped soldiers? You are proclaiming to the whole world that Jewish soldiers - Jewish lives mean nothing to you! Your word means nothing - your promises mean nothing!
24. Olmert and his band of FOOLS got to go!!
Rick ,   Miami   (09.08.06)
This guy has totally distroyed the image of Israel and gotten nothing in return. He is the worst kinda liar. He should be tried for treason.
25. I confess - I voted for this clown.
Alex ,   Israel   (09.08.06)
Olmert is a clown, and I'm an idiot, because I voted Kadima.
26. To Ynet
Alex ,   Bat-Yam   (09.08.06)
Hey guys, look at #20. So-called world citizen. He/she/shemale is f*king fascist. What is this place, some frigging Guardian. What are fascists doing here????????????
27. Israel might as well surrender.
Daisy ,   USA   (09.08.06)
Then Euroeweenies can't even defend themselves so how can they defend Israel? I'm sorry to say Israel is going down the of destruction.
28. 4 Dont worry Olmert will be leaving the
freedom ,   canada   (09.09.06)
Knesset soon enough. It would seem many Israelis will vote for someone else in the future. He can go back to being mayor of Jerusalem, if he is wanted there..
29. With Mr. Olmert in power...
Ari ,   Jerusalem   (09.08.06)
We should get used to failures and I hate to be pessimistic but I really think that our three kidnapped soldiers will be lost just like Ron Arad!
30. Another chapter of Olmerts play !!!!
fadi ,   lebanon   (09.08.06)
Wake up dudes ... Olmert just trying to play tough .... hehe this is ridiculous if ur really believing anything from this bullshit .... Yeah sea and air blockade ... as if hizbollah re arming can not be carried out through syrian borders .... LOOOOL that was a very goood one.... it was just another chapter fro Olmert to try to show the israelian public how tough it is ... this emarbgo was not directed against lebanon but towards israeli public to try to delay as possible the fall down of the Olmert government .... So wake up israel uve beeeen taken as foools again !!!!
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