Abbas demanding anything from Israel is a joke and so are the continuing articles about 2 men who can't deliver anything. Olmert should be spending his time with the police and Abbas should spend his time doing something about Hamas or preparing to step down as gracefully as possible. Both men are leaving in a cloud called disgrace. Mike

from prison in the next prisoner exchange to include him among his Arab "freedom fighters" and bring him to Gaza or Ramallah?

Israel should say NO to the Leftist move that is undermining Israel's national security interests and existence.

Its not a question about kadima and primaries anymore. Why release prisoners for nothing? Abbas controls little and has no power. IDF [prevents hamas from gaining power not fatah. Olmert has not learned anything, you don't get anything by giving freebees, rather you get goldwasser dead. Olmert should be tried for negligence, having degraded and endangered the state.Livni is still caught up in politcal horizon which is taking israel to 3 fronts with hezbollah rockets. Wake up you moron.Ultimately, Israel cannot let olmert simply resign. He must sit in jail for a long time to atone for his sins.He and his family will not know one moment of peace for what he is continuing to do to israel.

Enough good will gestures have been extended to Abu-Mazen. It is time to give him another gesture, him and his loud mouth propagandist Saeb Erakat, the one who invented the "Jenin massacre" myth.

elections NOW - throw out Olmert

Vote for Livni who'll be as powerless and cowardly as Olmert.

NOT WITHOUT SHALIT WALIKING ACROSS THE BORDER. ARE WE NUTS???????????????????????????????????????????????????

to the release of 150 palestinians . What will we receive in return ? Some attacks on Jews in Judea Samaria ? Or in Yeroushalaim ? Why should we always give and receive only nice words . No Mr Olmert , you are wrong , your party will loose many voters with such gestures . Is this maybe your goal ? "without me there is no Kadima ! " is that what you think ?

kick olmert out for god's sake!!!!!

Breaking news from the future: In his last official move before leaving office today, Mr. Olmert freed all remaining terrorists and murderers from Israeli prisons. Since the prisons would now be empty, he also gave them all the vehicles in the carpool. They all promised to drive themselves to Gaza or "somewhere". A footnote in the same action signed today also provided the residents of Ramalla, Jenin and many other places, a government backed and secured title to whatever land and property they say used to belong to them. To smooth the process, no evidence or supporting documents will be required. Finally, the outgoing Kadima leader also graciously apologized to Hamas, Hezbollah, and Fatah, and their friends, showing his sincerity by amending the the constitution to ensure an Arab majority in the Knesset. Finally peace at last. (rest in peace) post script: In an unrelated story, Mr. Olmert suddenly deposited 400M NIS in Switzerland. He said it was just some cash he had laying around.

well written. ohlmert should rot in jail with wife. livni and the rest should disappear for good.

will it take before abbas acts. The Palestinians continue to demand and demand and demand while Israel's weak leaders (in hopes of sparking any physical confrontation with the Palestinians) continue to give in to the Palestinian demands while letting murderers walk free. What is Israel getting in return?? Is the PLO charter being annulled? Is Abbas and his thousands of paid cronies really fighting terror or just paying lip service to Israel and the world?? What sort of government will the PA create since the arabs have shown that democracy is a foreign concept to them while corruption, gangs and survival of the fittest is the order of the day in a Somalia-like atmosphere in the WB & as well as gaza.

How about a gesture towards Israel by the Palestinians. You know, any old gesture like arresting terrorists and keeping them in jail. All of Israel's gestures have amounted to nothing but more terrorism.

to doing everything possible to damage our state and compromise our security before he is ushered into a jail cell

When they release the prisoners, will the government return their weapons and give them a written apology for detaining them?

this release will be forgotten in a week. next time a teenager (probably trying to fire a rocket) is killed Abbas will be crying about Israel's crimes to humanity etc. we see it all the time

The Islamofacists must really believe Israel is a nation of fools. Specifically when the citizens allow their leaders to continue to release terrorists who will come back to kill them.

One with a closed fist and his middle finger extended? or his thumb between his two fingers? or his thumbnail under his front teeth? or his right arm in an L shape with his left hand on his bicep?

And none of them could be considered 'goodwill'. What happened to the rule that once a PM announces he is stepping down that he is not allowed to do this? Indict the moron already.

The behavior of the terrorist organizations has two implications for the law applying to prisoners taken in Arab-Israeli conflicts. On the one hand, the organizations themselves illegally defy the laws of war by depriving Israeli POWs of their protected rights such as the right to contact Red Cross representatives and communicate with their families. On the other hand, the terrorists are not entitled to the protected status of POWs, and are subject to prosecution as war criminals. Indeed, these organizations fall under the definition of terrorist groups under such instruments as the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, and Israel – like other states – is legally obliged to take a variety of steps to foil the terrorists’ activities and bring them to justice. More at : http://xrl.us/kj6sj

On Haaretz a video shows Olmert giving a big, warm embrace to Abbas the financier of the massacre of Israeli athletes in Munich. The Palestinian Authority hailed as heroes the terrorists who brutally murdered defenseless 8 months pregnant Jewish mother, Tali Hatuel, and 4 little daughters in Gush Katif in May 2004. Palestinian Authority newspaper al-Hayat al-Jadida called savage child-killer Kuntar "a beacon of light" and an "authentic role model." Abbas called Kuntar a hero. And G-D said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother`s blood cries out to Me from the ground." Genesis 4:10 The Palestinian Authority call for the MURDER of ALL Jews and the MURDER of Americans: Broadcast from Gaza mosque, Oct 13 2000, Dr. Ahmad Abu Halabiya, on Palestinian Authority TV (transcribed by Memri): "Have no mercy on the Jews, no matter where they are, in any country. Fight them, wherever you are. Wherever you meet them, kill them. Wherever you are, kill those Jews and those Americans who are like them..."

Whilst poor Shalit in addition to other Israeli POW/MIAs remain prisoners. Pro-Islam, Anti-Jew Olmert is delighted to give give give and receive NOTHING in return. Olmert is EAGER to provide lots of jihadists to rejoin the religious war against Jews. Israel`s leaders have forsaken the Jewish people.

Perfect.