Only in a twisted mind of Olmerde its a sign of Saudis contributing to peace... Oh, btw, was he clapping or stroking back and forth?

There is nothing for Israel to concede as they are the illegal occupiers of Palestinian lands and in violation of UNSCR 242. The only concessions to be decided is whether the Palestinians will allow some Israeli settlements to remain when Israel withdraws to the Pre-1967 border (Green Line) as called for under UNSCR 242 as everything else is already covered by long standing International laws an UN Resolutions. There are some very easy steps to take. 1. Remove all Israeli troops and settlers from the entire West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. 2. UN affirms Palestine as a sovereign Muslim and Christian state and Israel as a Jewish state. 3. Palestinian airspace, borders and natural resources placed under Palestinian control. 4. Seal the border between Israel and Palestine by moving the wall back to Israel’s recognized border. Once that is done, there will no longer be any reason for Palestinians to resist Israel’s occupation of their homeland and thus Israel’s security is assured and no painful concession were needed by Israel.

alternate universe is olmert living in?

Who is, of course, the most approved PM Israel has ever had.

And he is wrong. The Arabs will not fulfill any obligations, nor will they compromise on any issues, and the people here do not support any of the compromises that he made. We need an 'Israeli' PM instead of a 'Surrender' PM

That's all I ask.

Somehow Israel must , once and for all time, get out from under the "Road Map" agenda. From its origination it was never intended as anything more than a process to have Israel make real concessions for empty promises from Arab countries. Failure at this time would be a blessing for Israel.

I agree with Mr. Olmert. We need a change. He should resign immediately.

when thousands of rockets rain down on you. Only fools would confine themselves to indefensible borders and subject themsevles to rocket fire. Once the Pals have a state, tens of thousands of rockets will be imported and built domestically. Wake up!

Let the painful concessions begin with him. A swift kick in his rear should send the message that the Road Map is dead.

Olmert says vast majority of israelis would back concessions. This is the most unpopular PM in the history of israel whose judgement is worth nothing. He gives a good speech but little else. Israelis have given enough concessions. Olmert never advanced Israeli claims. Olmert keeps advancing the 2 state solution because of demographics. The hell with demongraphics.The arabs want to replace Israel with palestine(see Bernard Lewis). Olmert will fall on one of the corruption charges. Israel is sleepwalking to a disaster. Elon may have better ideas. Olmert can leave Israel and live in Ramallah. He is mentally unfit for this job because he runs like a scared rabbit with demographic jewish state arguments. Forget about it. Take out Hamas now.

wait Olmert...u will see what is awaiting u back home! u will be judged by the people

The Saudis wouldn't shake your hand because they don't see you as human. They clapped because they saw Annapolis as helping them destroy Israel. If you think the Jews of Israel support you call an new election among the Jews of Israel and see if you win re election. If you do win then you can claim a mandate, if you lose then let the elected leader make the decisions

And a manipulative liar. Maybe the gullible will be convinced by his performance, but no-one else will be. How naive does he think others are? Anyone with pride in himself or his heritage would not be there in the first place promising painful concessions.

He outquislings Quisling.

The last poll I saw said that the majority did not support those concessions. Him and the Saudi King must have been smoking the same pipe.

God will protect His people the Jews, & He will get His Land back. I believe Bible prophecy is being fulfilled right before everyone`s eyes

The vast majority of Israelis are ready for concessions if the condisions are right. We are ready to end this dispute. We are ready for compromise with the Palestinians. We are ready for two states. Of course that does not include most of the wind-bags on this site, or the "keep the territories at all costs" crowd, let alone the treasonous rabbis who are advocating that IDF soldiers abandon the state. There will be peace sooner or later, despite the extremists on both sides.

"This condition was stressed in the joint declaration and it is accepted by both the Americans and Palestinians." Sounds great in a news story, but what's the reality? The "Palestinians" who accept it have shown they have no control over the other Palestinians who are firing anti-personnel rockets and mortars at Israeli civilians. Not to mention the continued efforts by Hamas and Islamic Jihad and Fatah factions to send suicide bombers and continue sniping attacks. So if Abu Mazen accepts the road map, that means nothing. We Israelis are not going to sign a peace treaty with some guy in an office in Ramallah who in reality doesn't run the show in the entire area of Judea and Samaria and Gaza (or for you politically correct types, the "west bank and Gaza strip"). We're not back at square one, because we never left it.

and the others were already not genius

"Without a two-state solution, Israel is finished." I am immensely pleased that this ineluctable reality is finally beginning to dawn on our leaders. It is to be hoped that the more obstinate elements among us start realizing this soon, too, before they do too much damage to the Israeli social fabric with their seditious blind agitation.

I have only been able to read demands from the Arabs.Some nations even had demands just to show up at the conference in Annapolis.

Clearly Olmert is suffering from some serious form of mental disorder. And I'm not not being sarcastic here. Painful consessions aka giving something for nothing will NEVER have the support among Israelis. Wars have been fought and lives lost over what is today Eretz Yisrael. I see another Yigal Amir coming soon, Olmert.

He must be on something, cos he is talking nonsense - * "proud of speaking in Hebrew" even tho he wants to make Arabic the first language in Israbia.. * "public will support painful concessions for peace' - these being surrender, war, accepting 4 million refugees in the pre67 borders, rocket attacks from east and west, iran on its doorstep, and the surrender of Temple mount and all the Holy Jewish sites to an enemy who wont recognize the Jews. *"I saw him (Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal) sitting there and clapping his hands" Yes, and he refuses to shake Olmert's hands because he is still a filthy Jew, even tho he is surrendering Judea to the arabs. Olmert is proud of his dhimmi status, to be a filthy Jew to the arabs, and to hand over the keys of his country to them. what a complete idiot!

Road maps? absolutely useless when anyone is lost... and boy are these olmertians ever lost!