to complete the exchange-of -roles deal

They ALWAYS do the opposite of what they say. They ALWAYS deliver to the ayatollahs what they want on or before schedule. ALWAYS!

Imagine the international accolades...the "KOL HAKAVODS"... the front page of TIME and... maybe even The Woman of the Year! Genius!!! At last, one of her brilliant land surrender experiments worked!!! This is what's motivating Livni. But what's motivating Olmert? A new 5 room apartment in Paris? A hefty Swiss bank account stuffed with petro-dollars?

Who believes anything coming from that incompetent has-been?

well... it's not eid yet yet Noa.. our eid will be on 31st Dec... I didn't move yet.. I am continuing my education in a different city. so I had to go there in order to finish off my registration for the university and the dorms.. etc.. I'll be moving by mid-January.. thanks anyway :) Shalit's kidnapping -- you have replied to my point regarding this.. but I still think that Palestinians kidnapping a SOLDIERS is not an act of war because whether the kidnapping took place in Israel or Gaza it is between two countries facing an unresolved conflict.. ie. they are already at war.. so it is within a war zone.. Israel also kidnapped and targetted members of the Palestinian legislative council! I think this is more of a transgression than kidnapping a soldier.. and Israel had openly threatened to assassinate the Palestinian PM Haniyeh.. I see those as daily acts of war.. I wouldn't say that the war on Lebanon targetted Hezbollah only.. ALL of Lebanon was affected by the aftermaths of this war.. not all regions were bombed.. right.. but all the Lebanese paid a costly price.. economically and psychologically if not physically... this government was elected democratically but the circumstances at that time were different from now.. Karami's government was also elected democratically but many of those supporting the dictatorship of this government were cheering for democracy when Karami resigned.. and what the opposition is asking for is a unity government that represents all political parties in Lebanon.. those in the government now represent the minority of the Lebanese so they are dictators!! and take what's going on in Israel now as an example.. most Israelis are dissatisfied with Olmert's governemnt and are also rallying against it.. although it was democratically elected.. but circumstances have changed and usually wars prove who the good and bad leaders are.. I think your fear that Hezbollah would use their arms to help Palestinians does make sense.. but what I'm saying is that if Israel leaves Sheba'a Hezbollah will face internal and external pressure to disarm since there will be no more excuses for them not to disarm.. although I believe that if Hezbollah were represeb\nted fairly in the governemnt and Sheba'a farms were retrieved through negotiations they will disarm.. the soldier who shot a 14 year old girl-- of course it is good to know that Israel is beginning to take such attacks against Palestinians seriously.. but many other children were shot and their houses bulldozed over their heads while no one ever questioned this.. anyway I see this case as a positive sign.. I told you Noa why I think Palestinians would support attacks on Israel.. if you remember.. -they see them as settlers ie. part of an occupation.. - they see this as their only option to face Israel's IDF.. again I think that once there are two independant states all those tensions will recede.. but the question is where are the governments from both sides that will bring peace?? oh!! by the way.. we even have the same initials but the opposite way round! I'm LN ..you could also call me LN !! hehe.. how were your holidays?? do you have long Christmas season holidays in Israel??? Good night for now..

I don't think that peace with Syria and Lebanon could be achieved before resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.. when Israel and Palestine make peace things with Syria and Lebanon will start to fall in place..

One cannot rely on anything an Israeli prime minister says because Israel has allowed itself to become a puppet client state of the U.S. The lives of Jews are not priority to the US President or State Department. The more Israel becomes reliant upon the US, the closer the country moves to destruction. Whether it is Vietnam, Iraq, Iran or anywhere else, the presence of US troops is no assurance, and in some cases, is a detriment to the survival of a civil society. Israel needs to reconstruct its relationship with the US as an arms length ally sharing common goals and projects, but begin an independent path and for once, since the tawdry days of 1987 and thereafter, really meet its obligations to fully protect its citizens.