Barak once offered PALs 100% of Gaza and 92% of the WB. Fortunately those days are over and long gone. Barak will never sit in that chair again. PALs answered with Intifada 2 which backfired by moving the Israeli population to the Right and put Sharon, the PAL's worst nightmare, in the PM seat. He did a many number on them in Jenin by seriously outsmarting them. Unfortunately Sharon lost in the Battle of Schwarma and was left in a coma. For all his brilliant military career, this is the only case I am aware of where he did not have a brilliant strategy and we ended up with a far from brilliant Incompetent Traitorous duo of Olmert and Tzipi. The screwed up Operation Summer Rain and Operation Cast Lead by quiting before all objectives were fully met. But the Israeli voters had the last word and these two are now bantering in the opposition. Kadima is falling apart. Olmert will hopefully go to prison. Mofaz and Tzipi will break up Kadima leaving it even more impotent than before. Bibi has successfully stood up to HAMAS in numerous instances and HAMAS is in the worst shape ever. Iran and Syria are increasing their rhetoric and threats which means they scared to death of what Israeli might do. The propanda machines are deseparate and and milking every insignificant incident for all they can. EU and all the Arab countries are concerned with Iran's expansion plans both directly and by proxy through Hezbollah and with their quest for long range missiles and nuclear warheads. What HAMAS, Hezbollah, and Iran don't get is that Israel does not threaten or broadcast. But when the spark ignites the explosion such as the kidnapping of Shalit in Gaza or Regev and Goldvasser 3 weeks later by Hezbollah, that the reaction and destruction is 1000 times greater than they could ever imagine. In the meantime, all the Israeli weapons system manufacturers are readying their new weapons, IDF is making plans, and no one knows when HAMAS, IJ, PRC, etc. will make their next fatal mistake and start the next war. But this time they will be facing a very formidable Bibi and the results will not resemble the Olmert Tzipi fiasco. PALs caught Israel off guard with Intifada 1 and they had a golden opportunity which they blew. But since then each terrorist action has backfired and cost them dearly. The next one may well be their last because the Bibi Lieberman duo is the most formidable Israeli govt so far and they will not fail to fully achieve their objectives. As for Iran, Israel has an enormous headstart and if Israel is existentially threatened, the result also exceed Iran's imagination just like the damage to Lebanon but on a scale linked to the existential threat to Israel.

Usual Palestinian tactic to deny Jews right to the land.

fatah, hamas and syria protestation of israeli claim of heritage sites demonstrates clearly that arabs do not accept israel in the middle east as they deny israeli history. It is not even close and is an affront to every jew except olmert who loves $ and fancy cigars and would sell his wife for the right figures. So no amount of concessions can satisfy the arabs. Syria in particular jumped on israel preservation of holy sites. Does israel bother with mecca and medina. In fact, Israel lets the waqf administer the mount. So barak concessions are pointless. The status quo with syria for the last 37 years is better than having them overhanging israel and shelling israel farmers. Olmert does not farm and barak lives in tel aviv so what do they care. israel should immediately notify haniey and zohar that if anyone launches attacks within israel, then haniyeh, zohar, musri, Taha and others will be removed from the scene.

Who cares for all of Israels opponents- they will always critisize it, whatever Israel does! So ignore them and take the initiative / change the rules : crush the terrorists - only stop when none is left !

...Fatah's, Hamas's and the PLO's declared goal: To erase any trace of Jewish civilization from this cradle of our people's heritage. This is of course the source of the reas cause of objection raised by the Arabs of the Land. Should we, due to this type of objection, therefore, cease cultivate our knowledge and collective memory of our nearly 4,000 year old people, its heritage and its connection and affinity during all of these years to the Land and the various sites in it...??

MAZEN KNOWS he can always rely on his deep deep roots as a holocaust denier and terrorist to rouse the rabble with his dribble...it's not his ignorance, it's his malice. He is and will always be the face of the enemy and at Israel's expense as long as he is kept perched up. HE MUST ALWAYS HAVE A HATE TARGET AND THAT IS ALWAYS THE JEWISH PEOPLE or else he topples like a rock.

Once again, the Palestinians are threatening Israel with a violent response. It simply confirms what the rest of the world already knows. That the Palestinians are unworthy of a homeland - or anything else that rewards them for showing their true colors.

no matter what the issue is they have done this for 1400 years and there is no chance that they will ever change

Yes and Jerusalem is holy to Christians, therefore should the US send in the storm trroopers and reclaim it ? Their hypocracy knows no limits.

I honestly just burst into laughter reading that :)

that these two sites were Jewish holy places for millenia before Islam was ever a warped idea in Muhamed's head. How smarmy of them to appropriate them for themselves! But then, that's exactly what we expected from them. After all, according to the best Arab minds, there has never been a Jewish presence on the Temple Mount and there is no indication what-so-ever of a Jewish presence in JEWDEA!!! (Now where did that name come from??) I'm surprised these Arab know-it-alls can even throw rocks when they're not doing 'original' academic research, like Mr. Abbas did, on the Holocaust.

Then there should be no objection to what Israel is doing. I guarenty that these site will be well taken care of....and there will be access to all faiths as long as there is peacful intent.... If there is no reverance then the world will see events like what happened to Josephs tomb....and it was not Jews that damged that site.... to advocate violence against the jews/israel is a form of irreverance to that heiritage of the Patriarchs are you listening FATAH & HASMAS?

By the PLO. Nothing is more clear than the history of the Jewish forefathers in the Torah and the deed to the land to Israel. Thousands of years before Islam. The PLO has a faulty narrative that they now will seek to resume terror with. Showing of course, the futility of a two state solution.

Should the wolves and tigers start terrorizing Israel again, Israel should be swift and overwhelming in giving them hellfire treatment to exterminate them. Even if they occupy church buildings as sanctuary, the IDF should flush them out of those buildings. There should be no safe haven for terrorists and thugs. The dark forces are in tandem with their Sponsor in Iran to create distractions while the latter works and completes its nukes.

We have learnt to share.The other side has learnt to take.Unless this divide can be overcome,the Politicians ,Police,and Security Forces will always have a job.Why should "Ishmael"behave in such a way to his younger brother "Yitzchak"?Are not "Ibrahim and Avraham" the same father?Heritages have been desecrated>We Jews have respected the differences of other Religions.Point -blank,the Moslem world will fall appart, if they cannot respect the Democratic thoughts as permitted in free expression of Religion of others.

The only provocation in this matter is that of the "terrorist who wear a tie" Abu Mazen . Israel should stop pussy-footing around and teach these Palestinians a lesson once an for all. It's time to stop conceding and start showing a wee bit of strength. israel has given enough and it's quite obvious that the Palestinians want only one thing...the destruction of the State of Israel, something which they will NEVER achieve.

Victory is the key word not peace, because peace is not an option in this part of the world, and because there is only one solution to terror : a military solution. You do not talk to terrorists, you fight and defeat them. As to World Opinion, it will be taken care of AFTER the total victory. Victory is needed to prove to the Muslims in general and the Arabs in particular that against their ethos of death stands the ethos of life, protected by the arms of democracies that are resolved to punish them where it hurts most as explained at : http://xrl.us/biz8x

(Unfortunately) no-one is saying that these venues will be off-limits to arabs. Israel is going to refurbish and maintain the sites which is in everyone's interests.

take down any jewish religioun site around, and since it's belong the chrictians they got no hold there anyway, y they get so upset jews and chrictians have the full right to call that site as their own since their ancestors burried there.

...way to go Bibi! You have managed to make Israel less safe than ever!

See: http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/Israel+in+Maps/Judea+and+Samaria.htm The so-called Israeli "heritage" sites are not in Israel fools! I mean just how obvious must it get? Israel is traveling down a very dark road with no headlights and one to many 'ludes... And for my impostor, I rarely make factual mistakes. Your posts are a dead giveaway that it's not me because I am light years ahead of you. Even Wiki defines Arab origin to 900 BC. My impostor missed by 2300 years.

Red herring.

Once a terrorist, always a terrorist.

The lesson is never learned, the pupil is a fool. OK one more time, Israel is not going anywhere, Jewsh history is everywhere in the land of Israel, everytime It's attacked Israel becomes even stronger, evertime Arabs attack their situation gets worse, Olmert is gone, Bibi will take no crap from anyone, Fatzrallah is a pussy(A fat one at that), Abbas is a loser that will be taken out by his own people, Hamas is a hopeless joke, goosestepping is in this year in Iran, Europe is outraged at criminal terrorist being whacked in Dubai of all places, Erdogan is facing east and pissing on Israel, Pali's threatening another intifada, There's a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklin's broken out in fights, there's a traffic jam in Harlem that's backed up to Jackson Hights, Car 54 where are you ? Whatever.

and they have been doing it for 1400 years ever since they came out of Mecca and colonized vast swats of the world, well before modern Israel ever existed

but don't worry, it will never happen!

kill a few thousand people and destroy a town or two. Sure beats peace anytime. Peace is very banal and uninteresting, war on the other hand is so exciting, bloody and gory with heads rolling. I just can't wait. A sword is much more useful than a plowshare, it gets the job done quickly and efficiently whereas a plowshare can take days and days of toil and sweat and at the end all you have is a lousy field to sow instead of a dead body, and let's face it, dead bodies are so important for the survival of humanity that I can't imagine what we would do without them.

Let Israel specify prison(s) for terrorists only. Dull boring food for the entire time. One 15 minute family visit a month. One shower a week, cable TV with only the Disney channel and Torah lessons. If they know the exact punishment, they won't be so happy to start a new infatada. If you were a terrorist, you would not try to earn 20 years of DULL, BORING food with an attempted stabbing. Right now the terrorists have a very comfortable life. All new terrorists get one that would be legally adequate but DULL AND BORING. Imagine if you had the same kind of bread for 20 years, water but no soft drinks, the Disney channel in arabic, and you sat there stinking in your cell until your once a week, 5 minute shower came around. Don't you think it is legal to give the same dull, boring food every day?

BBS claims "I rarely make factual mistakes." Well, I'm sure I saw yesterday a talkback by you claiming something about "international law" and "Palestine" relating to these same heritage sites. You are factually wrong that there is a legal entity called "Palestine" - there isn't. You are factually wrong that Israel does not have any legal claim to lands in Judea and Samaria - it most certainly does have legal title to lots of lands. These lands were seized by Arabs using force of war (for example the properties in Hebron, towns in Gush Etzion) making the Palestinians the illegal occupiers, not the Jews. Not to mention, of course, the war crimes committed in the 1929 massacre of Hebron Jews by local Arabs and occupation of the Jews' homes and businesses. BBS gets his facts wrong yet again, showing that anybody with a keyboard and a grudge can write anything they want and call it "the truth".

just because the conquered Israel who was chrictian back than it doesn't mean it's theirs. that cave is also Chritians belong to the Greek Church but they don't want it to bee sooner or latter they will calim that place which got nothing to do with Islam or Arabs.