"Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stressed that the prisoners' release would serve as a goodwill gesture toward Palestinian.. "---wrong the only way to do that is to leave and go back to where you came from

Forget any deal regarding prisoners unless it correspondes with the Shalit. Black and white no other possibility. Cant figure out why the people running the country even have it on the agenda. Makes us appear week just considering it . Imagine a hero like Begin considering this ?? Cant see it .....

A blind man walking a path falls into a pit, after climbing out the next day he follows the same path and falls into the pit. Now surely the next time walking the path he would have learnt enough to avoid the very same pit. But the very next time he walks the same path.........he falls into the pit. The question that has to be asked of him is "Whilst I realise you are blind, surely it must be your stupidity that leads you to fall into the pit, is it not?" The blind man replies "I am who I am, blind and stupid". The next day he falls back into the pit. So when Israel is led by the blind and the stupid, no need to be continuously suprised by theyre decisions.

Dont ever trust an Israeli.

The blind man analogy above is apt. Time and again, Israel gives, the Arabs promise, the Arabs take and Israel gets nothing in return.

Unless this is followed by a reciprical gesture it would be a foolish decision as "goodwill gesture" is something thet dont understand and not in there vacabularly.

The only plus in releasing prisoners is that the taxpayer has fewer people to support living in jails. Otherwise, the government, once again, is permitting itself to be seduced by the tie and jacket wearing group who also support chasing the Children of Israel off this land. After all, none of this is mentioned in the Koran so what is their reason for wanting to be here. Our bible justifies our being here. There is no doubt that the Koran has tried to rewrite the Bible when it writes that Ishmael was taken to Mount Moriah instead of Isaac. This string of inaccuracies has been spewed out for thousands of years. It has all been ineffective and in vain. Release more prisoners so that the citizens will not have to support those who would wipe us off the face of the earth.

Get a new government who will PROTECT the people, the land, and won't be manipulated by the international leaders who don't care about Jews! The following clearly illustrates why Israel needs a new government ASAP - and for Olmert to be kicked out, not just from the government, but from the country - minus all the kickbacks he's taken, of course! How can anyone have faith in a leader who says the following: "A country cannot protect itself ad infinitum, because there would be no end to it." -- from a recent statement by Ehud Olmert "We are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies..." -- Ehud Olmert

this criminally insane,traitorous,incompotent,pathetic wimp, ehud olmert,has struck again,how many men women and children,has he just condemmed to death? with releasing 250 murderous criminal terrorists. who as soon as they will be released,will go back to what they do best,blowing up men women and children citizens of israel rise up by the millions,and kick out this curse upon your heads,or else you will lose your g-d given country

WHAT A DISGRACE,THE ULTIMATE LIBERAL (BEND OVER AND GRAB ANKLES),APPEASING,PANDERING AND RESTRAINT TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DESTROY AND ANNILIATE ISRAEL.WAKE UP CITIZENS OF ISRAEL!

With all the past evidence that this is a failed policy they continue with their madness. It is sure that many of these Islamic terrorists will again kill many innocent people ,all because the corrupt and wicked leaders of Israel continue to go out of their way to reward and appease enemies bent on destroying Israel. When the woicked are in authourity ,the people mourn.

GET RID OF THAT OLMERT ALREADY! HIS ENTIRE GOVERNMENT IS CORRUOT AND ROTTEN TO THE CORE! NOT ONLT THAT BUT THEY"RE ALL IDIOTS!!!

This government really is abysmal.

"That unbearable STUPIDITY of being"... to paraphrase Kundera... This government of idiots decides to free 250 terrorists to help a Holocaust denier! Some people learn nothing from experience.. HUNDREDS OF JEWS have been assassinated in the last twenty years by terrorists that - instead of being hung or shot - have been freed from prison by one idiot after the other. THE INTIFADAH WAS ORGANISED AND CARRIED ON BY THE 1000 TERRORISTS THAT RABIN FREED IN 1985 WITH THE SO-CALLED "JIBRIL EXCHANGE", AND THE HAMAS WAS THEN ORGANISED BY THE SAME RABID DOGS! Errare Humanum Est. Perseverare Diabolicum (to err is human, to keep on making the same mistake is EVIL) Quos D-eus Vult Perdere Dementat (G-od makes crazy those that he wishes to eliminate)...and we seem to have had one demented team after the other at the helm of our People for a long time!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THIS COWARDLY PIECE OF GARBAGE IS TOTALLY CLUELESS. TIME TO OUST HIM. WHY DO WE NEED TO MAKE ANY 'GOODWILL' GESTURES TOWARD A PEOPLE WHO, FOR THE MOST PART, WANTS US TO DISAPPEAR? DOES THIS INEPT GOVERNMENT REALLY THINK THAT THIS ISN'T ANOTHER GIVEAWAY THAT WILL BLOW UP IN OUR FACES? JUST LIKE THE 'DISENGAGEMENT'? ENOUGH ALREADY.

AND WANT US TO DISAPPEAR. THE ONLY WAY TO DEAL WITH THEM IS BY FORCE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK. WHEN WILL OUR STUPID GOVERNMENT GET THIS?

Every military and intelligence decision Olmert has made may simply look incompetent ... but they are much more dangerous than that. Just lay out every military and intelligence move he (and his cabinet) makes and they always favor Russia's position and they always oppose both Israel and the US military and intelligence positions. And, like all Russian political puppets, he will never leave office voluntarily. The battle of Ezekiel 38-39 draws near . . . . Grace and Shalom,

WHO BELIEVES ISRAEL'S POLITICS ? No Body ! Not even one Israeli ! WORLD IS TOO POWERFULL ! OLMERT ! THE POOR POLITICIAN ! HE HAS NOTHING TO DO ! HE CAN PLAY ON HIS PEOPLE BUT !!! HE CANT PLAY WITH THE WORLD. Why Israel Lost The Probaganda war ? Because world is not stupid to believe in THE LIES ! ISRAEL NEEDS BE HONEST. AN HONEST ISRAEL CAN GO FURTHER.

A special panel of judges convene to deliberate over a plea bargain for Katsav, but the release of murderers as a "gesture" is not in their bailiwick. We have a very sick society with a sociopathic oligarchy as the primary cause.

Sitting behind my safe wall of the Atlantic Ocean, I had a different thought......... There not just releasing 250 prisoners, there giving Fatah 250 of their soldiers back so they can go fight the other palestinians. Israel wins by not having to feed these people and the palestinians win because they have more targets for each other to shoot. That should make everyone happy. Could be wrong.

""""he (and his cabinet) makes and they always favor Russia's position and they always oppose both Israel and the US military and intelligence positions"" What are they putting in the water in San Bernadino County ? You've got it upside down or in strong delusion and denail like much.of Israel. DID YOU FORGET ABOUT THE BUSH LED ROAD MAP ??? OLMERT is a loyal lap dog of President Bush and his Road Map from hell and to hell. Anytime the Secretary of this fasle peace maker and divider of Israel calls Olmert on the phone to dictate orders from Bush ,the DIVIDER OF ISRAEL ,Olmert gladly and religiously bows to his demands ,making Bush ,a god over Israel.

When they film the next sequel to "Dumb and Dumber" it should star PM Olmert and feature the lackeys in his cabinet. Releasing 250 convicted felons for the purpose of strengthening PA boss and terrorist supporter, Abbas, has to rank up there as one of the stupidest moves ever: like looking into your gas tank with a lit torch. Anyone with half a brain knows that these 250 criminals will go back to perpetrating terrorism, even though Olmert and his brain trust believes they will try their hands at social work or philanthropy. Past history has shown that after every prisoner release there is a sharp upsurge in violence. Olmert has guaranteed that there will be more dead Jews. At least in previous prisoner releases Israel received something in return, like hostages or the bodies of murdered soldiers. This go around the only thing Israel is going to get is more blood on the street. It's time for Olmert to get off the stage and let someone competent and caring lead the Jewish state. Olmert should go do something useful with his life, like perform stand up comedy because there'll be a lot of bereaved families in need of entertainment.