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Abbas sees Olmert crisis hurting peace talks
Reuters and Ynet
Published: 28.05.08, 18:24
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1. For Gods sake Olmert, even our enemies know you must resign!
Rueben ,   Israel   (05.28.08)
2. olmert cannot remain
alex   (05.28.08)
Abbas, too bad, but what did you offer israelis-nothing but gross demands. here is what we will give you-1) we will not invade you 2)we will not speak ill of you 3)we will enfforce and prevent terror from your areas because you cannot 4) You get no territory except we will trade you arabs in the triangle for settlements 4) Gaza arabs will be deported to jordan and gaza will be cleaned and incorporated into israel 5) Your citizens will be pressed to move to jordan 6( Not one arab can be repatriated to israel as any right of return is cancelled by the arabs kicking 700,000 jews out of arab countries. 7) we have no objection to you taking ehud olmert and his family as honorary arab citizens. We don't want him and we give him to you for nothing!
3. A missed chance.
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (05.29.08)
The American and Israeli embrace of Abbas and his Palestinian Authority makes genuine peace more remote. Before Oslo there was a growing Palestinian middle class in the territories that could have provided the foundation for a stable, peace-seeking civil society. Yitzhak Rabin, both before and after his 1992 election as prime minister, proposed holding internationally supervised elections in the territories for a domestic leadership that would then negotiate with Israel over establishment of a Palestinian government and disposition of the territories. But local Palestinian leaders, despite their interest in Rabin's offer, were intimated PLO threats; while Israel's Peace Movement demonstrated against Rabin and insisted he deal with Arafat as the only legitimate leader of the Palestinians. Rabin capitulated and, via the initial Oslo agreements, allowed Arafat and his associates to come from Tunis and establish the Palestinian Authority. Very rapidly, members of what had been a growing middle class, faced now with Fatah corruption, shakedowns that undermined their businesses, political intimidation, and casual violence, began to leave the territories. Those who remained, still hoping to build a future for their families in the territories, soon saw their children brainwashed, through Arafat's schools, mosques and media, into believing that the best future was to die fighting to destroy Israel. Abbas's message to his people, through the PA's vehicles of indoctrination, continues to be what it was under Arafat and differs little from that of Hamas.
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