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PM: No to 48-hour ceasefire, yes to American initiative
Roni Sofer
Published: 06.01.09, 12:12
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1. Olmert,you are a BEHEIME!Look at your face!
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (01.06.09)
Now my message: Israel should not stop! What if(WHAT IF???) we just don't listen to all these foreigners medling with us? What if?What is the problem?A spreaded war? Is this our problem?! Israel doesn't have a drop of oil!What do they want from us? Are they fearing their boss in Saudi Arabia?Is that why their are all running at us like rats to stop,stop,stop? Israel IS THE ROSH ! ISRAEL MUST BE THE ROSH! LET THEM FEAR ISRAEL!!! DON'T STOP ,ISRAEL:DEFEAT THESE ANIMALS!!!!go till the end at *ANY COST*!HONOR THE BLOOD OF OUR SOLDIERS! HONOR AND DEFEND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ,BEFORE ANY OTHER CONCERN OR INTEREST!!!
2. That's the way.
Kev ,   London   (01.06.09)
3. Good decision Mr. Olmert
Talula ,   Israel   (01.06.09)
Now we are in, we cannot back out otherwise everything we have sewn will come undone at the seams. I pray that God take care of our boys - that he watch over them and protect them - I don't stop thinking about them for one second during the day, and of course their mothers - ahhh the mothers - stay strong - think positive - we are all in this together.
4. Olmert
(01.06.09)
Let's be honest here and also very clear-as long as rockets/missiles were hitting S'derot and the poorer peripheral communities, Olmert & his cohorts turned blind eyes and deaf ears. HOWEVER, as he now realizes, the outskirts of Tel Aviv are in rocket range, as well as Tel Aviv. It is this he will NOT tolerate, hence the actions taken now. There are many facets to this defensive campaign, but concern for the citizens of S'derot et al was NEVER a consideration.
5. #1 <--- learn proper english
Israel   (01.06.09)
6. # 2 How is the war in London Kev?
Avi ,   ramat gan - Israel   (01.06.09)
Oh sorry i forgot missiles dont reach London !
7. #5"Israel",you idiot!Learn Yidish and Hebrew,
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (01.06.09)
two of the more important languages Jews speak(among many others ,of course,YOU IDIOT!) (How is the weather out there in your mental hell?!)
8. #5 we are not british, we are jews
AB ,   TheRock   (01.06.09)
What is wrong with using hebrew words in a message? Whoever understands will and whoever doesn't won't. Sometimes it just doesn't sound the same in 'proper englsih'.
9. #4 Right on.
AB ,   TheRock   (01.06.09)
10. #6 Kev Is A Good Guy
lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (01.06.09)
11. israel's intellectual problem
masjnoe ,   netherland   (01.06.09)
Einstein said once: we can't solve problem by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. israel useing the same policy before hamas. first israel tried to oppress the palestinian people in the first intifada. they throwing sone is now ghassam rockets into israel and the third intifada they are able to destroy whole israel. israel must stop the killing and the blockade and the money they use for bomb use for palestinian developement and education.
12. #11We just don't care!
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (01.06.09)
"palestinian development and education"is their own problem ,not ours! Which kind of freaking thought is that of yours that their "development and education" must be our task? Where the hell did you take this freaking idea? Do we have mamas and papas faces, to take care of the rest of the world,more over of mental ill terrorists?! I guess you are a bit disturbed in your "reasoning"....
13. the american initiative works on paper only
zionist forever   (01.06.09)
The American initiative in its current form doesn't have a chance of working as well in reality as it does on paper. 1) We have to get Hamas to agree which is easier said than done. 2) Egypt has been in control of the Philadelphi Route since 2005 all we have done is get the odd tunnel destroyed or catch a terrorist in the act now and again. The Philadelphi Route needs to be either fully controled by Israel or jointly controled nobody else can be trusted. 3) How is this ceasefire going to be enforced Hamas can break the ceasefire anytime they please. They wlll continue smuggling at the very least they still have the ability to continue developing kassams which are built in Gaza. We can't put UN sanctions on them because Hamastan isnt a recognised state. We cant put sanctions on their exports because they dont export anything. We cant freeze assets becase they have none. We can at best close the border but they will defy it and the leftists in Europe, Obama, Fatah and the arabs will all demand its opened so they wont stay closed long. We are not going to go to war again to stop the smuggling and attacks. So whats the solution? 4) International observers just observe they dont fight and we dont need somebody to tell us Hamas have broken the ceasefire. With Afghanistan & Iraq the US wont send soilders who could end up getting into a fight with more islamic terrorists, the government doesnt want to & the people will object. The Europeans probably dont want to and they dont have a very good record. That leaves us putting all our faith in the arabs and they are the last people we should be trusting. 5) The idea of a wall going deep down in the area where there is alot of smuggling wont work because all the terrorists will do is dig deeper or through it. 6) They wont return Gilad Shalit as part of any deal because that shows weakness. Nothing anybody has proposed US, UN, EU, arabs are proposing solves these problems only allowing Israel security over the Phialdelphi Route with permision to fire on terrorists and we need some solution other than an underground wall. if Olmert accepts anything less which is going to work on paper only then we will have gone along with another 1701 and a war we could have won will end up once again as a defeat. War is only as succesfull as the end result and that means the political solution. If we agree to a bad political solution once again we will come out of it looking like clowns.
14. #12 keren is aggressive to
masjnoe ,   netherland   (01.06.09)
you are aggresive to and also dare not to be wise. i think you are have not enough experience in life but just think about what i said.
15. Ah, if Olmert had only done this in 2006 .....
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (01.06.09)
Time to say good bye, Prime Minister thanks to Shas!
16. Cease fire is a joke
Ben ,   Monroe USA   (01.06.09)
Israel must destroy Hamas. A cease fire only means giving hamas the opportunity to get more weapons from Iran and Syria. A cease fire means national suicide for Israel. The EU, the UN do nothing to halt or prevent violence emanating from the Arab states. They do hiowever not like it when Israel stands up for herself and answers in the only manner that terror understands.
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