Israel and its supporters have been living through a nightmare since Oslo. The problem is, unlike a sleep nightmare, you wake up and find out that the disaster is real. Just afew days ago, the Palestinians said that they will refuse to recognize the Jewish State of Israel. How much clearer do they have to be? They will not relinquish the right of return for the Palestians who want to flood Israel and turn it into a Muslim State. I can understand the European Union and the US State Department pressuring Israel to continue the charade of dealing with a Holcaust denying figurehead with no power or desire to implement a fair compromise agreement. After all, the antisemitic Europeans don't care about Israel's survival and the State Department needs some kind of diplomatic agenda to take people's minds off of the Iraqi quicksand. But for an Israeli government to continue to go along with a one-sided process that tells Israel to make "painful concessions" and demand nothing of the Palestinians is crazy and despicable.

let them go through it. As it would have been happened before, let them with their homes amid an Arabian ocean. Arabs would certainly welcome the intelligent, honesty fella among them.

same old boring cycle of events: 1. peace conference in the usa 2. fluffy agreement signed 3. huge israeli peace rallies 4. arabs blow themselves up 5. peace hopes die. 6. let a few years go by and repeat from step 1.

that Olmert's mentioning of "painful concessions" is just because he is scared of Abbas his "peace partner", and Bush and Rice, and can't go back on his words now and tell them that giving away part of Jerusalem and the West Bank is stupid as stupid can be. He's too embarrassed to tell them that when he said it, he was drunk. I think Olmert is waiting for Shas, Yisrael Bateinu and hopefully others, to leave the coalition and cause the collapse of his unstable government. At least HE won't be to blame.

for Olmert to tell us what concessions the PALESTINIANS are willing to make. Olmert is Israel's biggest security threat!

hollow man. and, given that the fool does not know how to negotiate, he should know enough not to participate in any negotiations. he should not open his mouth. one can be certain that he'll leave the table without anything in his pocket and the fool will not have a clue that he was taken (and, more importantly, that he betrayed the people).

Olmert needs to RESIGN and take the phony Kadima party with him :(

IM waking up in the morning, turn my radio on and the news goes like that : "...he israeli PM was impeached this morning by the Knesset". Or "Ehud Olmert, the worst PM in Israel modern history, had a fatal heart attack this night, in his sleep."

Here's what Abbas wants: The Palestinian Authority will recognize Israel, but not as a Jewish state; Palestinian sovereignty over Temple Mount including the Western Wall will be absolute; There will be no Palestinian compromise on the 1948 refugees’ “right of return”; The Palestinian state will enjoy full sovereignty over its land, skies, electro-magnetic space and underground resources, including water; Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will be held to the deadline of August 2008. Here's what Abbas offers:

would be Olmert's private home and the Israeli government. Actually, this wouldn't be such a bad idea as only the corrupt ministers will be upset.

Olmert and his gang of thugs must be removed from office - now - and by any means possible.

Israel can say NO to the usurpation crap of the Islamist-Jihadists. Why should Israel give away her liberated biblical and historic homeland which belongs to the Jews since 4000 years ago? Why would Israel agree to setting up a Taliban state next to her? Israel does not need to cow to the Antisemites and Islamist-JIhadists whose goal is the destruction of Israel. Israel should defend every inch of her historic homeland from the wolves surrounding her.

People without a conscience dont have difficult discussions. What are you going to do Olmert? Send in the IDF on horse back again like a planet of the apes movie? Throw nets over the people? Shoot the unwilling ones? Put the rest in rail cars bound for where? These are hardworking, G-d fearing, productive people. They are G-ds people living in the Heart of the Land. Are you going to remove the Heart? The body will die. Just like Gush Katif, lovely land cared for by Jews now a trash heap for the Isamonazi's. An oasis turned into a rocket launch pad. You want that and all its implications for Judea and Samaria? Jerusalem?

He's already sold Israel out, and it won't be long before all Jews will need permits to pray at the Western Wall once it's under Palestinian control... that is, if the Palis don't knock it down!

Any Peace unless Israel waives ALIYAH is treason to Muslims Any Peace unless Israel hand over All Zionist War Criminals including last Lebonanese attacks to children is treason to Muslims Any Peace unless Israel pays all compensation from Lebonan to Turkey for its instigations is treason to Muslims Any peace without Jarusalem is returned is treason to Muslims Any Peace unless Israel left all land is treason to Muslims Any Peace or shaking hands with zionists, except for Mosaic Jews who are not Zionists, if there left any, is treason to Muslims

Get real. We all know that if peace is ever to happen most of the West Bank will be given away. Olmert is only the most recent PM to offer and/or give away territory. it is inevitable-get your heads around it. The only question that remains is which Israeli 'leader' is the best negoiator in order to retain as much territory as possible. Meir-Toronto

After the conference Olmert and Abbas go back to step one of the Road Map. Abbas pretends to stop a few terrorists and Olmert freezes or removes some outposts. Then it's back to normal until the next war or peace conference.

Where did you find this guy and what is he doing in Israel?

As a Zionist Jew, I too yearn for Greater Israel and strategic depth. This land is the heart of the Jewish Nation! But the most important thing is that Israel survives as a Jewish state. I worry about Israel's demographic problem from its treasonous 5th column. As part of any Palestinian state, there must be a citizenship transfer. Jews have Israeli Citizenship and Arabs get Palestinian Citizenship. Otherwise, there will never be peace for Israel!

Arabs have no power over the Jews. It is Bush that is usurping; not the Islamist-jihadists. Bush is pulling all the strings in this client state.

You are no Zionist. Zionists do not give our land won at great bloody cost to the enemy. Zionists do not begin with, "As part of any Palestinian state...." These are treasonous words from a non-Zionist Jew. Not the words of a Zionist. Better to call yourself a Jew; and a weak Jew at that.

before it becomes too late.you dont give the future of jewish nation to a fool

Thank you Tayfun for telling it how it is. Too bad so many Israelis including its government are too stupid to understand what you wrote

Instead of seeking out men of strength and conviction who know how to defeat the enemy, Bush seeks weak, hollow Jews in Israel who believe in nothing. This is what we've got here in America for a leader. A pathetic, spineless US president who is ruining the Republican party -- the party of Abraham Lincoln -- as well as his nation.

November 13, 2007 The citizens of Israel are being governed by a group of people that can be equated to Idol Worshipers. King David in his Psalms (115) my interpretation of which, describes the current Israeli leadership . People make their idols” hoping to receive for their efforts *silver and gold”. They create them with Arms and hands but as they are made by Humans they are unable to grasp or build anything. Surrendering, Lebanon by Barak, Gaza by Sharon all such actions are even less then nothing as it did not produce any relief from Arab hate and Violence, nor did it produce any recognition from the rest of the world for their “Sacrifices” they did receive scorn and condemnation from the rest of the world Governments. They created with such idol a mouth, but it cannot speak as all the truths are muted and the only thing heard is the continual Demands from the Arabs, without offering any thing in return except more terror as has been proven time and time again, again this mouth is made by man and has no soul It has eyes ... but it cannot see as all the gold and silver given to them is blinding their ability to visualize the fruits of their dastardly deeds It has ears ... but it cannot hear the cries of the people they were chosen to lead because their hoped for accolades from the proven uncaring world because these ears are also made by man and is deaf to the sounds emanating from displaced families. It has a nose ... but it cannot smell the stink they left behind It has hands ... but it feels nothing, the same as their stony hearts which are also made of stone It has feet ... but it cannot walk just like a blind person all a blind person can do is stumble blindly about, since it is mute as well it cannot ask for directions, as it is deaf it cannot hear any warnings of dangers that they are unable to see. Its mouth cannot make a sound, to explain their diabolical plans as they cannot find any justification beyond their personal greed for the destruction they are subjugating the people who elected them to Office. The people that make them will become like them, the people that allowed them to rule will be like them also, everyone who believes what they say are the same as they are, a head with no brain, eyes that are blind to their plight, deaf to the pleas and crying of the people they are made to suffer, legs that will take them nowhere, arms that destroy rather then build. In America it is described according to the theory of how to avoid responsibility, three Monkeys sitting on a log one covers his eyes with his hands, the second one covers his mouth with his hands and the third covers his ears with his hands. In this manner they can claim I cannot answer as my mouth is covered nor did I see and, I did not hear. Chaim Grosz