just as soon as Jewish institutions are re-opened in Medina.

Ha! It looks like we've lost all the wars, and now have to accept the ultimatums of the winners! Release prisoners, remove roadblocks,re-open Orient House,etc, etc. Whty don't we say - fog off!

Now we know what they are demanding under stage 1 from us ( part of it ) what are they going to offer us in return. I seem to remeber reading just yesterday about how the PA has gone back on every commitment they made to put into place. So we will reopen building which were used to plan terror and we will release terrorists but we wont get anythiing in return ... nobody can say the roadmap isnt fair.

The Arabs of the Land of Israel consistently demonstrate that they don't want, can't make and won't maintain real peace. They do want, however, to weaken Israel by gaining territory without 'giving' anything tangible. They ignore that "possession is nine tenths of the law" and that it's rather the Arabs who should come forward and spell out what they offer Israel in return for what they want. They also pretend not to get it that in this case "land for peace" is both immoral and unworkable. The Arabs had used the 'territories' to threaten, pester and attack Israel before we took these territories in self defence. They continue to plan, prepare and perpetrate genocide against Israel and pretend not to see that it would be suicide for Israel to concede anything in response to their threats and aggressive action. The Arabs must realize that the only way toward peace is that rather they themselves should offer, accept and be convincingly satisfied with 'painful' compromises.

The Arabs of Western Eretz Yisrael have consistently demonstrated that they are incapable of surviving unaided or ruling themselves, especially at the national polity level. They have never exercised their inherent right of self determination and now they expect others to determine and create for them that Mickey Mouse "state" which will never be. They constantly kill and steal from each other and lie to themselves, each other and the rest of the world. They never miss any opportunity to make atrocious choices and mistakes and they are incapable of sustaining and providing for themselves; they depend on others for everything. How on earth will they ever make it?

Israel should let Hamas to depose Abbas and smash Fatah, also in Judea and Samaria, on their way to abolish the PA and wipe it off the world map and consciousness. Then Israel should get rid of Hamas. This will open the way for the Kingdom of Jordan to take charge as the only viable nation state of all the Arabs of Greater Palestine. Having got rid of the PA and Hamas, Israel and Jordan should agree on the border between them in Judea and Samaria and maybe cede Gaza to Egypt that would sort it out quite smartly. Everybody, Jews and Arabs, should continue to live in peace where they are and nobody should move from their homes or land. Israelis who would thus become residents of the Kingdom of Jordan should be given rights and conditions like the Arabs in Israel.

very well said, but you surely mean a Farfur state.

and the palestinians can't ever even attempt to do the bare minimum of their obligation, and don't even try. yet we hear continually that israel isn't doing enough. typical. palestinians use violence and terror as a tool, which is why they are THE obstacle of peace (if anyone actually believes that they are in this "peace process" for the purpose of peace).

Huh??? Huh??? maybe he wants the kosher kitchens closed down also? huh? huh? Hey kid... Jerusalem is ours... period... don't tells us how to run the place... olmert is actually listening to this idiocy?

Olmert is the Best Negotiator that the Saudi's the Palesitians Have.

Blindly optimistic, the American bureaucracy totally ignores the Moslem view of a treaty signed with infidels. In the Moslem mind, any agreement made with an infidel is not binding.

Palestinian are always demanding ..But what are they offering?????????? The only answer for Jerusalem is A BIG NO.

No. The answer is no. In order to furhtur peace chances, since arabs want to go back to the beginning, then lets rexamine the 75% of the british mandate and slice off 25% of it for negotiation purposes.

To save everyone lots of time and effort, the Palis. should just come out and state that what they want they've wanted from the beginning: ALL Jews Out of 'Palestine'. 'Palestine', with Jerusalem as it's capital ...... a homeland for the 'Palestinian' people. Seriously, I don't see either 'Palis.' entity able to deliver anything it promises. 'Palis.' are having a civil war. How can any 'Palis.' leader deliver on a promise to cease the rocket launches? If the negotiations at Annapolis were a poker game, the 'Palis.' wouldn't have too many chips to place on the table. (Chips = agreements they can/will deliver on.) Actually, can't think of one chip the Palis. have.

you claim wb and gaza..you will never have Jerusalem. It was never yours anyway.