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Olmert gives 'word of honor' to release prisoners
Roee Nahmias
Published: 13.11.06, 12:15
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1. ANOTHER BRILLIANT MOVE BY OLMERT....SETTING TERRORISTS FREE
DAVID P ,   SEABRIGHT, USA   (11.13.06)
WHAT IS THIS FASCINATION THE OLMERT GOVERNMENT HAS WITH ENDANGERING THE POPULATION OF ITS OWN PEOPLE?
2. Olmert
Joe ,   Israel   (11.13.06)
One thing we can always count on with people such as Olmert. They will give away the entire country and get nothing in return. Stand up damn it and declare: "The Arabs and "Palestinians" started the war against Israel. We are not giving up anything. You want prisoners released? Stop fighting against us. Stop kidnapping our people. Stop terror against us. The result will be that we will not attack you. That is all. Forget "Land for peace." That is appeasement and appeasement never works. So far the only thing that we can count on is that the Arabs and "Palestinnians" lie about everything. Look at the agreement with Egypt. They will patrol Philladelphy and not allow any arms to be smuggled into Gaza. Right! You want to buy another bridge?.
3. Word of (sic) Honor? Make that Word of Dishonor.
Shai ,   Israel   (11.13.06)
4. ...olmert blows more smoke...
aaron ,   ra'anana   (11.13.06)
5. they wont make it to 2030
Steven ,   LA, USA   (11.13.06)
I haven't a doubt in my mind that Israel won't make it to the year 2030. This is because the country was established in an illeagal way. Israel was established on the expense of another people, a people that was expelled from their homes. Every Jewish immigrant that lives in israel, took the place of a pesltinian native, that is now a refugee living in some Arab country. Every Jewish town in Israel was built on the ruins of an Arab village which was destroyed in 1948. It is obvious to me that such an unjust state can not last for 100 years.
6. steven #5 you have it backwards
Jeff ,   Philadelphia, USA   (11.13.06)
Just switch everything around and you have it right. Arabs are living on Jewish land and Jewish blood. They kick Jews out when ever they can. Look at the Arab countries where Jews used to live. Jews are willing to accept 1% of their land while the Arabs have 99%. It has been the Arabs that have faught against peace all of these years.
7. #5 Steven, you idiot - Tel Aviv was founded in 1910.
Elana ,   LA, USA   (11.13.06)
Many of Israel's other cities and towns were also founded in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Tel Aviv was built on empty sand. Jews were draining swamps (horrid land that they bought from Syrian absentee landlords) in the 1800s. Jews turned these swamps into luscious farm land. You know nothing.
8. Olmert just said he's willing to divide Jerusalem
LEE ,   NY, USA   (11.13.06)
The last sentence of this article clearly implies that Olmert's perception is that if Gaza calms down, public opinion in Israel will be tilted towards a willingness to concede and compromise on Jerusalem. If this is the case, then we know for certain that this PM intends to divide Jerusalem once he gets his first opportunity. The question becomes, should we really pray for calm while this "leader" is at the helm? Will the calm not only be a calm before the storm? What good if any can come in the next few years with this putz holding the reigns? If we are at war with Iran Olmert is the last guy we need to lead that war. And if relative calm is granted us, then he will push to divide Jerusalem. The Israeli public must wake up real soon and replace this G-d foresaken government before its too late.
9. to Steven #5 - give back the land YOU stole
Concerned Israeli   (11.13.06)
You're living on the Indian's rightful land. They were there first. The Americans committed one of the worst genocides in history against the defenseless Indians. Leave your home and give the keys to the local Indian reserve. You want justice? Start by looking in the mirror before you speak about things you have no clue about.
10. "Honor"does he even know the meaning of that word !!!
fadi ,   lebanon   (11.13.06)
11. Go and take ur honor from jerusalem street paradre !
fadi ,   lebanon   (11.13.06)
12. Honor: is killing civilians and children in lebanon and gaza
fadi ,   lebanon   (11.13.06)
an honor ... Shut up u liar !?
13. For Christ sake: shut up this guy is a rela idiot loool
fadi ,   lebanon   (11.13.06)
14. # 5 Let me tell u the real story:
fadi ,   lebanon   (11.13.06)
u have a house in a peaceful village under british colonization. Then a neighbor moves in. Then he wants to move to ur place and share a room. So u open ur house for ur neighbour and because he says he loves u that much u give him a room. Then he wants another room. u give him another room. Then he occupies the whole house and leaves a small room for you. Soon u have ur back to him so he kicks u out of ur house. U put a tent in the courtyard and sit in there. Hekicks u of the tent. Then he brings his drinking buddies from abroad and they take over the whole village. Then they take over the second village Then the 3rd village. Just like a virus starts spreading until the end they give u the following options: 1. Open ur mouth to object ull be killed 2. if u want to ask for ur property, then ucan do it but only after u move to another coutnry. 3. If u agree to live as a 6th degree citizen beween them u may be allowed to stay but in certain areas! after all the drinking buddies need someone to serve them !!
15. Nasrallah's appetite to fight Israel
Michael ,   Haifa   (11.13.06)
My hunch is that if Nasrallah still remembers the name Amir Peretz, he has not lost his appetite
16. Fadi
Yaakov ,   Jerusalem   (11.13.06)
cry us a river
17. History didn't begin in 1948, Steven+Fadi et al
JPS ,   Efrat   (11.13.06)
Unfortunately, too many Christians and Muslims like to think that the world didn't exist before Islam or Christianity appeared in the world. Go back to school, Steven and Fadi. Read your world history. Who lived in Jerusalem before Mohammed and before Jesus? The Jews. Who has illegaly and repeatedly kicked the Jews out of their homes in Israel? The Romans, the Christians and the Muslims. 3000 years ago there was a Jewish country with Jerusalem its capital city. There were no Arabs, no Muslims and no Islam back then. To use your modern day language, the Jews have been repeatedly subjected to ethnic cleansing by foreign powers until finally reclaiming their homeland in 1948. 2030? Hah! Come back in 3030, Steven, and the Jews will still be here.
18. to # 5
Aussie ,   Sydney, Australia   (11.13.06)
The Jews never took any part of the Land of Israel away from anyone. Every historian, every Bible student, and everyone who has studied Middle East archeology knows that the Land of Israel is the ancient and eternal homeland of the Jews. The Land of Israel extends from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea and from the Golan Heights to the Negev. True, according to Torah Law Jews do not have the right to expel people from their homes. However, those non-Jews who live in the Land of Israel must understand that they are living on Jewish land. If they choose to live as law abiding citizens, then that's OK by me. Otherwise they should be forced out
19. Man....
Joe Colts ,   Dallas TX, US   (11.13.06)
Dude, you need to leave your hardon at home. Five posts, and you make no sense. Here's a guy talking about treating the Paelstinians fairly, and you go all high and mighty about "honor" and "dishonor" and houses and rooms and neighbors. I'm sorry that the jews and the arabs can't get along. I'm sorry the jews don't give lots of land they dont' have to the arabs, and I'm sorry the arabs keep blowing themselves, the jews, and the americans up. Stop blowing yourselves up. Stop blowing us up. Stop being a bunch of terrorist mofos. Learn to shave. And have a nice day. J
20. Make it 'word of disgrace'
Asylum Aleikum ,   Guantanamo Bay, Cuba   (11.13.06)
21. to fadi. your religion was invented in 630 AD
aaron ,   ra'anana   (11.13.06)
your hordes of murdering fanatics took over this land in 680 AD. SO WHO'S VILLAGE IS IT, BUDDY? we were trading with king hyram of phonecia in todays "lebanon" 1500 years earlier. CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS.
22. Fadi, you are pathetic.
Elana ,   LA, USA   (11.13.06)
You're a slave of Persians who spends all your time squealing at Jews on a Jewish web site.
23. The Jewish people built the nation of Israel.
Elana ,   LA, USA   (11.13.06)
Jews have been building Israel for well over 100 years now, starting in the mid 1800s. Jews installed electricity into the Holy Land in the 1920s. All the infrastructure of Israel was established by the Jewish people and Jewish investment from abroad. The Jewish people literally brought the desert back to life after it had been a wasteland for almost 1800 years.
24. Kick this idiot out of Office
Sam Weinstein ,   USA   (11.13.06)
Kick this idiot out of Office before he gives up Israel and all of the settlements. He will give up everything
25. to number 7
Steven ,   LA, USA   (11.13.06)
Im not denying that tel aviv was founded in 1910, and yes, i know that the first jews that came to palestine came in the 1890. before then there were only jews in jerusalem, and they considered themselves just as palestinian as the christians and muslims living there. how do you explain the fact the over 400 villages were destroyed, the ethnic cleansing of 80% of the population (especially and Lydda and Ramleh, an order issued by Rabin himself)? the palestinians had their land snatched away from them, by israel, and hamas refuses to recognise israel (the country that expelled them form their country) every get surprised!
26. Elena , did you learn how to be polite ?
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27. When do you know olmert and peretz are lying?
Arie ,   Afula   (11.13.06)
their lips are moving
28. To 14 - Palestinian mythology
Shai ,   Israel   (11.13.06)
Where's the part about how Zeus lops of his fathers balls and releases his brothers and sisters from his mother's womb, after his father shoved them back in? Let's talk facts instead of mythology. The "world" recognized Israel's right to exist, at the very least in the lines defined by the 1949 armistice. Whether Israel would ever get more of what was western Palestine later on was supposed to depend on negotiations between the Arabs and Israel, but Arabs kept trying to avoid negotiations by destroying Israel, so they could have it all. After one such attempt, after many in the 28 years of Israel's independence PRIOR to the war that put the West Bank and Gaza in Israel's hands, the Arabs lost the rest of what they like to describe "historic Palestine". So, who was trying to kick who out? Who was trying to prevent someone with a non-Arab and non-Muslim from living there? Who in the years prior to Israel's independence destroyed village after village of Jewish settlements? Who still insists that Jews give up their sovereignty and live as dhimmis, or "go to Alaska". Er, that would be the Muslims, yes the Muslims.
29. To 9
Shai ,   Israel   (11.13.06)
Why rubber band the claim? Just answer him on facts. The claim that we "stole" the land is simply not true, and he can't prove it. He's merely spewing the drivle he learned from his pro-Palestinian friends, and he has good reason to think this makes him sound intelligent, and to think he'll be rewarded for his good behavior. Then one day, maybe even in the year 2030, he'll wake up. If Israel is gone by then, he'll wish he could take back his words, because if he isn't a Muslim convert yet, he will be.
30. That shell in Beit Hanoun
Adam Segal ,   Raanana, Israel   (11.13.06)
should have landed on Olmert's house, then we wouldn't have to deal with this moron.
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