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Israel to propose Olmert-Assad talks, sources say    Reuters
1. Is Olmert still in power?
What happened with his indictment for all his corruptions? Are Leftists immune?
Miriam ,   Israel   (06.16.08)
2. Waste of time....Elections now!
Jay3 ,   Israel   (06.16.08)
3. Who is olmert to speak for us?
he is unwanted by the vast majority of Israelis. he never defended the country as a soldier. he is under investigation by the police. Now he will give away the Golan to syria for a worthless "peace treaty" in an effort to save his position as p.m.
jason white ,   afula,israel   (06.16.08)
4. GOLAN, AGAIN AND AGAIN...
Left Zionism (if such a thing exists at all) betrayed the Herzl's vision that had as goal the founding of the Jewish State, to put an end to the Jewish problem in the world. Left Zionism had no understanding neither for a State nor massive Jewish immigration to Palestine, which would have meant accepting middle-class immigrants. As Shimon Peres told a short time ago: "his dream was, Palestine becoming one big kibbuts". Nahum Sokolov wrote in his two-volume "History of Zionism" in 1918 the following:" It has been said, and is being obstinately repeated by anti-Zionists again, that Zionism aims at the creation of an independent "Jewish State". But this is wholly fallacious. The "Jewish State" was never a part of the Zionist programme. The "Jewish State was the title of Herzl's pamphlet which had the supreme merit of forcing people to think". When in July 1922 the LEAGUE OF NATIONS voted unanimously by its 51 members the resolutions about the Mandate of Palestine, recognizing "the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and the grounds for REconstituting their national home in that country" (in fact a State), "leftist Zionism" had no interest at all in such decisions. They accepted without real opposition the first two White Papers issued by the British, the Mandatarian of Palestine, limitating Jewish immigration, but run into panic with the third White Paper, intending to close the borders of Palestine definitelly and forever after 5 years. We are in 1939. Hitler is in power since 6 years. European Jewry is in mortal danger, there is no Jewish State, and the borders of Palestine, in total breach with the decisions of the League of Nations are going to be closed forever. "Leftist Zionism" betrayed Herzl's vision, and the League's resolutions had to desappear from history. The resolutions of the League of Nations gave the Jewish people the irrevocable right to settle and to create their National Home, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan river, including the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, the whole of Jerusalem, and the GOLAN HEIGHTS. Due to article 80 of the Charter of the UN, all this is valid till this day! The British in a scandalous and treacherous way breached article n° 5 of the League, and ceded the Golan Heights to France, the Mandatory of Syria, in order to keep Mossul's oil fields in Irak. The Golan never belonged to Syria, and they cannot make any valuable claim before an international court of law. Olmert and C°, rather than to prove Israel's juridical right on the Golan based on the League's resolutions, prefer to cede them to Syria, rather than to provide the necessary document, that they swept under the carpet long ago, to hide their total failure in front of the Jewish people during the Shoah.
FO ,   Belgium   (06.16.08)
5. SYRIA: Peace isn't the only way to get Golan
Syrian deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Mekdad: "Would it be better to return the heights to Syria "peacefully and without blood," or would a war be necessary?" GOLAN HEIGHTS LAW 1981: "Regarding the Golan Heights citing Syria's implacable hostility to Israel, and the recent deployment of Syrian missiles on Lebanese soil." In presenting the law, Prime Minister Begin stated that the time had come to implement the government's policy regarding the Golan Heights CITING SYRIA'S IMPLACABLE HOSTILITY TO ISRAEL, AND THE RECENT DEPLOYMENT OF SYRIAN MISSILES ON LEBANESE SOIL, A PROVOCATION OF CRISIS PROPORTIONS."
Norway   (06.16.08)
6. Olmert is the 11th Plague.
Evidently, G-d, for some reason, inflicted the Ten Plagues on Egypt but saved Olmert for us. The only question, really, is how do we rid ourselves of this disaster & the other Kadima, Labour, & Shas collaborators sooner rather than later?
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (06.16.08)
7. Drownig man grasps at straws ...
Olmert is drowning, politically. He is a desperate man, sinking in a mess of his own creation. So what is the meaning of this new nonsense? The Syrians are not stupid - they know very well that no Israeli gov't. can cede the Golan. The Golan is not Gaza & aside from a few die-hard leftists, the vast majority of Israelis (80%) are against ceding the Golan. And, the Syrians know Olmert is on his way out so why talk to him? But Assad will have his own reasons for meeting or not meeting Olmert or anyone else. These reasons have nothing to do with the Golan but everything to do with breaking Syria's isolation, Lebanon, the Hariri investigation, etc. Olmert does not hesitate in sacrificing the national interest for his own personal interest. By asking for a meeting with Assad he is undermining our interest & strengthening Syria's international position. Olmert & his cronies are not only crooks but bungling traitors & I'm not just indulging in name-calling. We should really be ashamed & embarrassed at the low quality of our highest political leaders.
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (06.16.08)
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