Why do we not just get on with makeing Jerusalem an Int'l city, an inevitability I can assure you, and bring order out of this chaos.

Where is the wisdom for this move? Normally, you do not supply arms to your enemies.

The only explanation for protecting the butcher of munich

stupid people dont learn from their mistakes, olmert is a "Tipesh, Tembel" and etc...

is that the weapons will provoke a civil war amongst them and they'll finish each other off and release us of the burden of them. Terrible way to have to think, but how the hell else are we to find a solution to this 40+ year dilemna.

the precedent here was giving Egypt control of the border crossing into Gaza. And what happened? Weapon smuggling like never before. And who was the wise man who made that decision and who was pushing him on that one? Ah. Praxis? you see? You don't see? Then you need a seeing eye dog.

abbas is FRIENDLY towards israel while hamas isnt and besides.. READ the whole article “At the root of the decision there is trust in and recognition of Abbas and his men. They don’t act against Israel, and therefore the danger is almost non-existent,” security sources explained to Ynet. Additionally, these weapons wouldn’t be useful for terrorist intentions, abbas isnt going to call all of his men to attack israel he wants to talk things out

i remember during rabin era when rabin and peres the utopists gave weapons to the palestinian "police";at the first opportunity they had,the palestinians used these weapons against israeli soldiers.remember,it was in 1994 when the government wanted to do works under the kotel(not far from the mosk),violence erupted and they were shooting on tsahal killing at least 10 soldiers! and this stupid olmert,because his wife aliza the leftist must wash his brain;is doing again the same mistake!giving them guns to kill his own people!only us the jews can be so stupid and naïve!

I am having trouble believing that what I read is true. Are we gluttons for punishment. Didn't our government learn anything from the latest Intifada. How many innocent Israelis were murdered by the guns that "we gave them." The world must be laughing at us. May G-d help us all.

Let us see reason please. The Israeli defense and security experts rightly see more risk in Abbas' assasination than in his guards having better weapons to defend him. PLEASE a few weapons will not endanger Israel Better for Abbas to be alive so there is at least some chance of communication with the Palestinians who occupy a significant part of this country We are wise to encourage moderate influences Abbas is not Arafat Let us not get hysterical over this IT IS A WISE DECISION

I agree that it is at least foolish to give arms to Fatah, but Abu Quisling Abbas must be protected at all costs, I suppose. Even though Olmert now says the jerk is useless (which happens to be true, given his approval rating of only 18% or less). Is Olmert obeying an order from George Bush in sending arms to protect Abu Quisling. Remember that in the past, before the Hamas election, the US had urged Israel to send guns and bullets to the Palestinian police so they could fight criminals, but apparently nothing happened. It could be that Olmert either was told in Washington, or was smart enough not to have to be told, that George Bush wants Abu Quisling alive.

Olmert & Peretz are idiots. Any Jewish blood spilt will be on their heads. This evil peace now government must be brought down now. The sooner Abas, Hamas & the PA are eliminated the better. Abbas's day's are numbered, his own henchmen will kill him.

Thats it with the Appeasement Government! Elections NOW. Hell, I will run Here is the platform: No negotiation with PALs until they recognize Israel and take back their 5th column (Israeli Arabs) Tehran's 'giant water boiler for peaceful purposes'? Gone Education? More cash and out with the lefty professors who preach self hate Borders? Drawn, UNILATERALLY Israel needs to pull it together, we are smarter than this!!!!!

Peretz, if you arm a terrorist today tommorrow what would you do when otther nations do so.

this is a major step forward towards peace and co-operation between Israel and Palestine. Olmert is smart enough to see that abbas is pro peace and anti-violence.

Oh great now we're back to arming the terrorists so they can kill more Israeli's, shoot a few of their own, and then say Israel did it by pointing to the weapons they were given by Israel. This is horrible and should not be allowed. Abbas is not any better than Arafat or Haniyeh. When will Israel wake up and see that appeasing a bully never works. Let me guess, the Palestinians are going to feed the hungry with these guns. They’re going to heal the sick with these guns (don’t laugh knowing their mentality they just might use their weapons to “cure” the sick). Let me guess, they’re going to create a thriving economy with these guns… Why bother buying little Haniyeh a new toy this Ramadan when you could get him a custom made M-16 fully loaded and ready to shoot, and as a promotion a free hand grenade will be included.

This is the first step for Olmert to take to allow me and my brothers to get rid of the pesky Israeli's. While Olmert is smart enough to see that abbas is "pro peace" (HA, peace without Israel that is) and "anti-violence" (HA, by anti-violence I mean we will be nice and not blow you up but instead shoot you up with our new M-16’s) Allah is smart enough to see that I smoke far too much hasheesh.

1. "You simply have to accept the fact that we are all corrupt." - Abbas to senior UN official 1996 (http://www.think-israel.org/mar05bloged.html) 2. Abbas as Arafat's Prime Minister authorised $50 000US a month in payments to al-Aqsa Terrorists in 2003. That same year 37 civilians were murdered in attacks for which al-Aqsa claimed responsibility. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3243071.stm) 3. "I renew my commitment to continuing the road he began and for which he made a lot of sacrifices, until the Palestinian flag flies from the walls, minarets and churches of Jerusalem. We must continue the march together in keeping with the principles for which [Arafat] became a martyr." - Abbas at Arafat's unveiling. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4427284.stm) Conclusion: Abbas is no better in intent or in deed than the mass murderer Arafat. He is more dangerous than Hamas if only because some of our politicians refuse to believe their eyes and ears. Fateh is no less a terrorist organisation bent on the destruction of Israel than Hamas is. See Fateh's constitution, freely available in English on their official website: http://www.fateh.net/e_public/constitution.htm I'm no right wing extremist. Far from it. But STOP GIVING WEAPONS TO TERRORISTS AND STOP DEFENDING THEM!

The links in my post work. You just have to remove the closing parentheses.

http://arutzsheva.com/news.php3?id=104342 Just two days after PM Olmert called him a "very decent human being" who is "opposed to terror," PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas call Palestinian terrorists "our heroes."

you hebrew jews need to stop being hebrew and start being regular non-jews

Shalom Shalom Shalom you jews are funny HAHAHA My name is Mordechai Kikestein

I'm all for free speech, but does trash like this post add anything to the fray? How does such nonsensical blabber pass the screeners and get approved? We already know there are haters like these in the world; allowing their hateful posts does not instruct on that reality. I strongly, object.

unbelievable and incredible to arm your enemy

What kind of insanity is this? Didn;t he learn anything from the last time arms were given to the Palestinians. They were used against Israel and they will be again. This schism between Fatah and Hamas is only temporary. They will fight it out and turn their fury against Israel. Nothing to the Palestinians, not arms, not money not Mmedical supplies, not food , water or electricity. This is war. not some game. Doesn;t Israel understand anything? One does not feed one's enemy if one wishes to win. The Romans knew this and so did Nebuchanezzer.