So for 66 years there was never a chance for peace Mr. Lapid? What was giving up Gaza? Shaking hands with Arafat?

That tells you it's not close. Peace will not be achieved. A lull in the fighting might take place. Peace will only be achieved by HaShem, and when Israel originates the peace in accordance local language, borders and culture. This peace is just another one of Obama's entitlements.

I Quote - Lapid: Israel has 'real opportunity' for peace deal with Palestinians Finance Minister tells party faction that Israel cannot miss this chance; Olmert: Only a stupid prime minister would not make peace Comment - Israel can always make peace, if She are prepererd to do it at any conditions. Why did not Olmert do that - is it because He is stupid ? Arn.

you have both of them who did not do combat, winograd said olmert was no good in the hezbollah campaign and lapid was a press spokesman. Olmert was the one whose concessions involved arab patriation into israel and a 3 year idf presence and then w ithdrawal from jordan valley. What a loser! Who would take advice from this shmuck. We'll see whether the courts put him behind bars. next lapid's father enabled olmert over fancy cigars and dinnners. As far as I am concerned olmert and lapid are both full of crap. By the way for you dumb israelis, olmert entrusted erdogan and was willing to step down from the golan. These are chosen?? Yesh atid is down to 5 seats and rightly so in the polls. They will crash. They have no bloody idea of reality. They want hamastan onthe west bank. What lowlifes!

put you in America and not in Israel?

To make peace is not a one handed action. Now we have a real chance. However I doubt that we have the guts and will to declare the West of Jerusalem as ours, the East as theirs, to keep Jerusalem as an open town for all. I also doubt that the Palestinians can swallow the fact that the will have a state and cannot send its refugees to its neighbors Israel. If this will come true with the above, including land swapping, what will happen to the Hamastan in Gaza? Its people have sworn to conquer the whole of Israel?!

I hope we all remember how very clever, indeed gaon, Mr Olmert, duly having had his pants heavy with bullshit after brilliant 2-d Lebanon War victory, wanted to reach "piece" so much that decided to sell us all down the Arab river... sorry, the Palestinian one. That was so clever, so clever indeed- we would have had by now half our capital given away, with murders a daily happenings in the remaining half. We would've had Ben-Gurion airport bombarded by our mortal friends out of existence. And Natanya and Kfar-Saba as new brilliant Sderots. Of course this stupid Bibi is unable to achieve THAT!

He is the best man in political arena. And he could achieve great results, given his friendship with Mazen. Come among us, Ehud. We miss you.

thank goodness he can never regain control over Israel's government.

What does that make him?

Not sure what that makes Ehud Olmert ?

LAPID IS THE IDIOT

To hear from Olmert is almost an insult. He's done more to make Israel look desperate and weak in the Arab world than anyone else in the past 30 years. The very papers leaked by Wikileaks showed how quickly he was giving away everything to the Pallys and was STILL rejected. This only proves that the onus is not on Israel but rather on the Pallys to finally accept peaceful coexistence with the Jewish State, ending incitement, and making compromises. Lapid, like Olmert did, claims there is a real chance for peace but focuses 100% on Israel and not the intransigent party in the negotiations. Why? Because Lapid is doing exactly what Olmert did - focus mostly on his own party line, his own political career, and on foreign perception rather than real sustainable peace and concern for his fellow Israelis, and why not? If something bad happens, they all have enough money to skip town and continue their lifestyle while the rest of us suffer from their mistakes.

Lapid dwells in fantasy. If he thinks he can make peace with the usurper wolves by destroying Israel national security interests, he is living in fantasy. He should be focusing on his work instead of siding with the Anti-Israel forces crusading against Israel. Pagan Leftists do not represent Israel. Israel means the follower of the GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Israel should say NO to the pressures of the dark forces to self-destruct. Judea and Samaria-the Land of Israel belongs to Israel since ancient time-4000 years ago.

Lapid is right and not a war monger. Listen to him and succeed.

We secular zionists built this country. I have always respected religious people but lets not wait for "ha Shem" to plot our future. Those of us who fight to defend this country, secular and religious and Stam masorti, will decide our future. Let Ha Shem watch over the people of Southern California, I hear they are in great need of moral guidance.

"Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday that any future agreement must transfer the residents of Wadi Ara to an area with full Palestinian sovereignty." How can a person in such a responsible position in Israel be allowed to threaten 300.000 "an area with full Palestinian sovereignty." He must be out of his mind. They lived in this area before Lieberman could spell the name! Lieberman, you should figure out how to transfer around a 100.000 Jews from the occupied territories into Israel!

as he was not able to come up with an offer that Abbas would accept.

let's not forget who it was who brought Bennett into the government.

He's just trying to make someone else look bad so he can look good. If I'm not mistaken, he had the lowest public approval rating of any PM in the history of Israel.So he shouldn't go around calling other PM's stupid. Arabs don't have peace with themselves, we haven't had peace with them since day one. Don't get your hopes up.

Has Israel agreed to right of return and giving up East Jerusalem? Peace is around the corner if the other side gives in.

Is a prime minister an idiot if he doesnt want to make peace deal at any price? Mr Olmert, when he was in that function, did not make peace with late PA president Arafat, why? It is not politicaly or diplomatically correct to use such denominations for a prime minister anywhere in the world!

Read comment #3.

Lapid and Olmert, one the president of Chelm, the other finance ,minister oc Chelm!