with new elections NOW!

Negotiating in secret is a strategy for disaster. We have peace already. With the Golan. Give it to the Syrians and they will turn and rend us. You think this bunch of Alawites are going to stay in power in Syria? If you think that you are an idiot. You have a very superficial perception of the situation in the Middle-East. The Alawites will fall from power sooner or later and the country will be run by Islamicists. Now is the time to discuss general elections in Israel and to get rid of this bungling ego-centric fool Ehud Olmert. The Golan was paid for with Israeli blood. Mr Olmert seems to disregard this fact. Mr Olmert's government will fall whether he gives the Golan to Syria or not. More blood will be spilt over this issue.

as he is interrested in his own interest he could sell all israel for money

From today's media report: "Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammed Najjar said during a meeting with his Syrian counterpart, Hassan Ali Turkmani, that Syria was Iran's strategic ally". I guess that means our PM will deal with Syria on par with Iran, as an enemy state with a hostile potential. Right? Any other approach would be stupid if not treasonous. Right?

IT'S NOT ONLY A PRIZE OF WAR, IT IS ISRAELS LAND AND THE 'EYES' OF ISRAEL TO PREVENT MORE ATTACKS.

Another giant "Yawn"

olmerd is a demented imbecile who doesn't have a sane reasoning:he is demented. He must go!He is DANGEROUS!

Me: negotiations with Syria serious mistake.

as usual everything is good. Talansky, shmalansky, Olmert won't be indicted cause Mazzuzz doesn't have the guts like winograd.Syria-beauttiful and serious. Abbas-wonderful.Gaza, deicisive moment is at hand which is classic Olmert; Lebanon-quiet, things are wonderful in israel. All the israelis who got maimed or killed, no problem, Olmert doesn't know you.And kadima sits there and listens to his garbage. Barak, a lazy general who never learned from arafat, Dichter who just protects his position, Livni who has no steel, Mofaz and yishai who care about only their jobs. israelis feel about olmert the way his wife first felt about him-they couldn't stand the big pushy mouth who blows hot air.

how can anything be serious with ohlmert. he is such a shrewd crook/liar/thief/dishonest how can anyone beleive a word what he says. HE MUST RESIGN NOW with his ENTIRE CABINET. They are all the same garbage and are runing the country.

does nothing without payment. who is bribing him now to start "talks" with syria. Who is gong to believe a word this man says?????? He is a known liar - crook-thief-dishonest and the people around him are the same including his millionaire friends around the world. He lives on bribes....................He does nothing for nothing.

OLMERT the silly old man ,even at this point , do not know how to work out a security arrangement if Israel actually withdraws from the Golan Heights. The politicos of the current circumstances is Golan is a buffer zone,And having said that it is also not very hard to speculated the security problem that would ensue should Golan is chopped of the annex. I wonder want Historical Peace Agreement is this Old MAN OLMERT IS TALKING ABOUT ? TO MNAY THINGS HAPPENING ALL TOGETHER. ISRAEL I FEEL THE BURDEN AND THE DETRIMENT TOO. I DONT ENJOY THE NEWS THESE FEW WEEKS. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED OVER THE WHOLE OLMERT'S CORRUPTION ISSUE ! I GO !

He sure acts like one. I don't understand why street protests haven't been organized yet. They are long overdue. This discredited, immoral cretin has got to go before he causes even more damage.

I agree with the previous Talkbackers about Olmert and his qualities, but what is Shitrit trying to achieve with a 25 year lease? If the Golan is the legal home to Israelis and supplies Israel with 40% of her water, why should Israel lease it? On the other hand, if Shitrit agrees with Nasralla that Golan is Syrian land, why should Israel hold on to this land for another 25 years?

The fact that we have such a demented, corrupt, inapt and cheating government (left, right and the religious), supported by a equally corrupt media and justice system , is our responsibility. If we as a nation would behave in the way that is spelled out in the Torah we would not be at the hands off these modern day hedonistic Herzelists. Anyone with a little knowledge of our history here will know that we will not last much longer without a massive form of Tsuvah and that includes everyone.

Olmert is dead 100% wrong, deal will not remove northern threat like gaza withdrawal. Barak is wrong, like he was with arafat. Livni is wrong, like the gaza withdrawal.Israelis can't shake the mentality of sheep being led to the slaughter. Wake up-Olmert is leading you to the arab gas chambers.

Everyday it seems to get worse. Poofy responses to rocket and terror attacks. Now, "Teflon" Olmert rather than being ousted - is well on the way to ensuring the country gives away yet more land for the fabled "peace". YOU"LL GET NOTHING BUT MORE OF THE SAME AND EVERYBODY DAMN WELL KNOWS IT.

this criminaly insane traitorous piece of human garbage,must be deposed NOW ,or else we can all say goodbye to our beloved country

In their effort to be like other nations and their total disregard of our G'd given inheritance, they behave like lemmings. Amazingly these same Herzelists that hated the ghetto Jews so much and build a secular state, now have adopted this once so hated attitude in our own land. It is ironic that you understand this so well. while these people walk blindly into the abyss.

You will probably find bank accounts under the olmert name growing with the originating bank somewhere in teheran

Don't let it come this far. He should not be in the situation to give orders to negotiate - expecially not with Syria. He is corrupt and several investigations of bribery are under way! Alas the Media will do everything to protect him, since he is doing what they want : ruin Israel!

never gets. When will we really negotiate from a position of strength. Syria attacked us and lost 5 times. They should be begging us for peace, not the other way around. They should be happy to have peace with us, trade with us and grow their economy. That's a big enough gain for them. They don't need the Golan for security from us. We need it for security and real peace. We've had the Golan about as long as they had it before us. It was arbitrarily given them and, other than it's strategic advantage, they never did anything productive with it when they had it for 40-50 years.

you already have it--iranian inflence cannot be stopped by a piece of paper--they and the syrans will just do more killing like with harari-what does ohlmert say will be the'realities' 10 years from now-how will israel recoup his concessions to today's reality? i hope elections happen soon and the new government is more farsighted--the u.s. wants to declare success and 'peace' to disengage...israel does not have that option!

There have been no street protests organized yet because there is no one with the courage to organize one. Perhaps that is your job!

Olmert is still dwelling in his fantasyland. It is his dreamland where Islamist-Jihadists suddenly become peace-loving people by discarding their Koran that teaches them to hate and kill Jews and Christians. Unfortunately, it is only a dream. The ravenous wolves are still worshipping their god of hate and killing. It is time Olmert comes to his senses instead of fantasizing and falling into the deceptions and manipulations of the Islamist-Jihadist world that would endanger Israel national security interests, survival and existence.

Olmert is right about a few things 1) TALKS WILL BE HELD IN THE CURRENT REALITY, NOT ACCORDING TO THE SITUATION 10 YEARS AGO. We really do have a problem if its the currentl reality he wants to base talks in as unlike 10 years agot today the country is being run by a man who is willing to do anything to stay out of jail including selling off Israel cheap to divert attention from his own problems and to create justifictaions for sticking around like things are at a sensetive stage and it will all colapse if I go now. He uses the tactics of a dictaitor to get everybody looking the other way rather than at him. 2) ISRAEL HAS EXEPERIENCE IN HOLDING NEGOTIATIONS. We certainly do we just dont have any experience of coming out of negotiations as the winners we talk, give all get very little in return. Its the reality with Egypt, with oslo and we do it with Syria and we will get screwed again especialy if its only because we are doing rush jobs to keep Olmert in power. As for the rest of them Barak the man is a sell out and an idiot, Meir Shitreet is looking for selling the Golan and then renting it for the next 25 years so what happens in 26 years the Golan is gone forever. Majadele is an arab so its pretty obvious where his loyalties lie and what the hell is an arab doing in the cabinet?