For, Israel knows that Hamas lead the process at this difficult time

to help Israel

I am so ashamed of my leaders... so spineless and so lacking in character - let alone common sense. What have we come to? When the Palestinians can get away saying that if Israel is going to attack their Quassam launchers the "truce" will be over we have hit rock bottom. And Olmert actually listens to them. Our leaders have lost all contact with who we are and the nature of the world we are living in. Not Olmert and, sadly, not Livni, are our natural leaders. We got ourselves autistic and (worse) spineless lawyers. I'm afraid that not until the Palestinians demonstrate that they haven't been wasting their time and that they remain committed to doing us in will we find the people to replace these gross and abject failures.

olmert/peretz/livni/peres and leadership equals one major oxymoron! We need leaders that take the terorist threat of hamass and abbas seriously and are prepared to strike accordingly. The stooges are only concerned in how the arab press reviews them. Don't be surprised if next year at this time, they are all living in mansions alongside suha arafat in paris, away from the pain they created!

Either Israel have a huge ace up their sleeve or they are busy losing big time.

Would you accept him then?

Olmert's promise to release Palis prisoners without mentioning Shalit is a face-saving manoeuvre. If true, then expect more kidnappings to free the rest of the pack.