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Report: Bush offers swift Golan withdrawal
Roee Nahmias
Published: 17.10.08, 10:22
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31. What right does BUSH have t give away
Rivkah Rybak ,   Israe   (10.17.08)
Bush has no right to gove away any part of Eretz Israel. Just as we would have no say in giving away any part of the USA. BUSH BUTT OUT! Give away what is yours not ours!
32. Sayid #24: Why should I care about what Dayan said?
Steve ,   Fla.   (10.17.08)
Why should I care about what Dayan wrote in his memoires? The Golan belongs to Israel in perpetuity. Texas -- where Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch lies -- was taken from Mexico by aggressive conquest. Israel took what rightfully belongs to her in a war of self-defense.
33. Alliance
walt K ,   Sherbrooke, Canada   (10.17.08)
How M. Bush can warrant that those thugs will still not gather together ? It looks like Muslims never step back and the Western Civilisation always allow, give up. At last, may be I make a bad relation, but I recall that Bush grandfather was tied with Nazis...
34. Let's give California to Mexico first
Ariel Ben Yochanan ,   Kfar Tapuah   (10.17.08)
35. Bush forgets one thing.
Vicky ,   Ashkelon Israel   (10.17.08)
ISRAEL IS NOT ONE OF THEIR STUPID STATES. We have been promised a referendum on the Golan, but Bush and Syrias representatives, Olmert and Barak seem to think that they can deny us at. This will cause our own Civil War. If the Lefties of Israel want out let them bugger off to the Arab States that they so, so love more than their own country. And leave us true Israelis in PERFECT PEACE. Which allows us to do what WE WANT, and evict all the Palestinians that cause us trouble. Maybe back to Britain, after all it was the UK that allowed them to come here in the first place. Don't forget Arafart was Egyptian, the same goes for most of the vermin that cause trouble here. The GOLAN is, and has, always been a part of Israel since King David was a shepherd boy. That gives us the edge on the unstrustworthy Syrians anyday.
36. CRAWFORD RANCH FOR GOLAN?
Petra ,   USA   (10.17.08)
Bush is the main reason for failure, anything he touches turns to sh*t. They should have impeached him years ago. No one ever has done more damage than Bush.
37. Rotschild bought the Golan in the 1850's
Steven ,   Paris   (10.17.08)
Syria has no title to the Golan Heights for many reasons. Some of which are: 1) The land is Jewish-owned, since Jewih philanthropist E. Rotschild bought large chunks of the territory in the 1800's 2) Between 1948 and 1967, Syria not only occupied the Golan, but also Israeli de-militarized zones to the north and the south-east of the Kinneret lake, beyond the international border. They were taken back in Six Day War, along with most of the Golan Heights, which is Jewish-owned land. 3) Syria lost its war of aggression on Israel, and therefor has no legitimate further claim on Golan. It is now part of Israel again. 4) The French had no right to offer the Golan to its puppet mandate in Syria, since the land was part of the original Palestine mandate, reserved for the Jewish homeland in a legally binding decision at the San Remo conference in 1922 and in the League of Nations' mandate of 1923.
38. Bush offers swift Golan withdrawal - I offer his wife in exc
Jesus Christ ,   Charleston, USA   (10.17.08)
Who is Bush to offer Gulan ??!!!... May I offer Bush's wife in exchange for- Obama from Withdrawing his Presidential nomination !
39. Abbas busy man
Rose ,   Ann Arbor, Israel   (10.17.08)
Just a couple weeks ago Abbas went on a visit to Beirut to meet Kuntar the Jew killer. Bush calls Abbas a MAN OF PEACE. Wonder what message Abbas was carrying for Kuntar?? Of course no one bats an eye as to why Abbas went to visit this rabid terrorist to begin with, no one in the powers that be anyway. Oblivously Bush does not care for when Bush and Abbas last met in the White House it was a love fest. Since then Kuntar was pictured training with Hezobllah. As for Bush, his campaign to slice up the hearts of Israel with his pal Olmert began quite a while ago. Bush is called the best friend of Israel after all!!?? Upon leaving Israel the last time Bush proclaimed: "TAKE GOOD CARE OF OLMERT. " Bush would not even sell Israel their much needed long range aircraft so possibly Israel could make a little trip to Iran, DO WHAT HE, (Bush) promised to do. But then the newly democratic Iraq refused Israel a fly-over...but then Iraq refuses to have any kind of relations with Israel...but then a recent MP from Iraq the glorious democracy came to visit Israel and upon his return to Iraq was threatened with the Death Penalty. Last I heard, Bush the knight in shinning armor post 9-11war on terror president, best friend of Israel was going to lift sanctions on Syria. Last I heard there was talk of reconciliation between Hamas and Abbas. Has anyone heard of demanding our foes clean their house before we give them anything? Thus far the Fatah charter calling for the destruction of Israel remains in tact. Nothing has changed within every corner of Palestinian society to wipe out the virulent hate for Jews/Israel. There is not a sign except the bs we hear from the West that the Palestinians are viable peace partners. The Abbas/Fatah santioned poster showing all of ISRAEL, PALESTINE next to a riffle and Arafat still hangs proudly throughout all of the territories. Remember, right in the middle of the intifada it was Bush who called for Palestinian statehood. He, Bush then formed the US led quartet for peace made up of the UN (who loathes Israel) Russia who sells weapons and nuke expertise to our enemies and the EU who is a combination of all of the above. As a duel Israel, American citizen who voted for Bush twice, I am ashamed. I am also ashamed there was not a word on most conservative blogs when Bush refused to sell those long range aircraft to Israel and I am also sure there will be silence on those blogs concerning Bush pushing for the Golan. Actually, there has been way too much silence on those blogs from those who professed to be friends of Israel. But then right now they are all so obsessed with THE OBAMA past connection to terrorists to coninue to overlook Bush and Abbas, Bush and the Saudi's...Bush backing down from Iran. Bush calling Egypt a good friend of the U.S and ally in the war on terror while Egypt did nothing to prevent tens of thousands of weapons tunnels dug which wrought slaughter on Israel. I have hundreds more examples but for what? We are doomed.
40. I cannot comment because
Ron ,   tel Aviv   (10.17.08)
the letter is supersuper secrete. It includining making Livni the Pope, and Olmert gets Kingdom Kuwat. and piece of Bush tranch.
41. Gershon #15
Brod ,   USA   (10.17.08)
Bush is NOT a born again Christian. He is a Papist who worships Papism-the inventor of AntiSemitism.
42. George #21
Brod ,   USA   (10.17.08)
Let Rabin rest in peace in his grave. Don't make him to be god of Israel.
43. bush and golan
alexi   (10.17.08)
this is what our talansky prince, the doctor of morons, idiots and cowards ehud Olmert has led israel to-being a banana republic with bush deciding what is best for us and our chmberlain leaders submitting to him. for this, Olmert will be reviled and despised to the rest of his days and his family will suffer unknown hardships for the harm he has done to israel. If Golan is returned, then Israel is done and the jews should pack up and move to the US and Canada. it will be over. A firing squad would be too good for this louse olmert.
44. Isreal gave Gaza and got 5000 rockets,Golan 5000 missiles.
muke ,   usa   (10.17.08)
Anything for peace.
45. Bush can you offer a swift withdrawal from Iraq?
muke ,   usa   (10.17.08)
46. Golan Exchange
Neal Rothner ,   Hashmonaim, Israel   (10.17.08)
Did Israel agrre to be chopped liver? Neal The Hasmonean
47. TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PRESS ATTACHE AT THE US EMBASSY.
FO ,   Belgium   (10.17.08)
As the actual Israeli leadership has not the guts to tell the truth, or worse, not knowing their own history, please transmit the following to the President of the United States: The Golan Heights were illegally given away to the French Mandate of (Syria-Lebanon) on March 1923. This territorial transfer was made surreptitously in a capricious and arbitrary fashion by the British whose sole interest was to secure Mosul's oil fields to Irak, and reduce the constant friction with the French Mandatory Powers in Syria-Lebanon which had designs on these oil fields and Trans-Jordan. A Mandate is a Trust, according to ART. 80 of the UN Charter. Israel's decision to impose its Laws on the Golan Heights on December 14, 1981, had eventually RIGHTED the WRONG that was committed by the British in March 1923. Syria cannot make a standing claim in an International Court of Law, as Syria was not an Independent Country then, but was in its formative years under the French Mandate. The Golan Heights as they are know TODAY, were never part of Syrian Real Estate, but part of the Palestine Mandate. Excerpts from A SPECIAL REPORT PREPARED FOR TH U.S. CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY BY: GENERAL JOHN FOSS, Ret. Commanding General U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. GENERAL AL GRAY, Ret. Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps. LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN PUSTAY, Ret. Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. GENERAL BERNARD SCHRIEVER, Ret. Commander, U.S. Air Force Systems Command. ADMIRAL CARL TROST, Ret. Chief of Naval Operations. ADMIRAL ELMO ZUMWALT, Jr, Ret. Chief of Naval Operations. DOUGLAS J. FEITH, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense. FRANK GAFFNEY, Jr. Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense. RICHARD PERLE, Assistant Secretary of Defense. EUGENE ROSTOW, Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, author of U.N. Resolution 242. HENRY S. ROWEN, Assitant Secretary of Defense.
48. It won't happen anyway
John   (10.17.08)
These offerings of land for peace have been done before with the Arabs but the good thing is that they never accept it. Olmert earlier this year offered Assad the Golan and Assad said no. This is not a land issue to the arabs but rather a religious issue and if there is still a sovereighn Jewish State intact after the "solution" the Arabs won't accept it. E. Jerusalem will belong to Israel and the Golan will belong to Israel no matter what happens because no Arab leaders ever accept these offerings.
49. to FO , Belgium
Herb ,   Jerusalem   (10.17.08)
News Flash: Even Bush the idiot knows the truth. Truth is, NO ONE CARES. There is no truth. TRUTH MEANS CRAP. History has been remade, don't you know? Appeasement and supposed modernity is the special of the day along with a serving of carrots and sticks while kum by ya is playing in the background. To quote #39... we are doomed. And as long as there are idiots like Bush who can only say Obama would be worse, shows how much trouble we are headed for. Anyway, thank you just the same.
50. I have news for #17
Sheldon ,   Israel   (10.17.08)
Such good friends you are. When it was Kerry running all you people could say was Kerry would be worse. Now it shifts to Obama. In the mean time when for the love of G-d will you admit as a supposed friend of Israel the great deep harm done by Bush who by all accounts will go down in history as the WORSE FRIEND OF ISRAEL not the Best friend. It might help to read down some of the comments which without a doubt prove how Bad your guy was for Israel. Good luck with your head in the clouds...Gr of the U S of A.
51. NEVER relinquish Golan, another BUSH BLUNDER
Adam T ,   Arizona - USA   (10.17.08)
It is bad enough that GWB has destroyed America during his 8 year term, economic collapse, military frustration and embarrassment, failure of the educational system, destruction of the constitution by trumping its core principles, etc.... NOW this ass has the audacity to seem intent on dismembering Israel before he leaves office.... THIS CAN NEVER HAPPEN. ISRAEL must NEVER give up the golan heights.... the very idea that territory would be exchanged for the word of the syrians that they will abandon an alliance is asinine, the syrians and the iranians cannot be trusted, history has proven that, why would it change now? This entire proposal is another wonderful example of how disconnected this "disaster in chief" is with reality. The end of his term cannot come soon enough.
52. bush is a total failure trying to rescue his reputation.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (10.17.08)
53. Are you serious?
Nathan ,   US   (10.17.08)
So you guys believe something from a PALESTINIAN source???? LOL! You guys are funny. No, really I thought they suicide bomb you and all that crap.... but appearently they are trust worthy
54. SINCE WHEN IS GOLAN PART OF THE USA?
dp   (10.17.08)
Bush has no say in the matter as he represents America and not Israel, better he go quietly. bombing & destroying Iranian nuke facilities on his way out of office will be his greatest legacy
55. #43 alexi
Marcel ,   Florida   (10.17.08)
'If Golan is returned, then Israel is done and the jews should pack up and move to the US and Canada. it will be over'. Whta makes you think the U.S or Canada will open their doors to Jews on the run. These same nations who worked hard to steal Jewish land and give it to the Ilsamic terrorists. Have you learned nothing from history ? End the madness ,the incredible supidity,the FAILURE of making the U.S. a god over Israel and return to Hashem.ry
56. Talk about hypocrisy: Bush sells out Israel in writing!
David Turner ,   Richmond, US   (10.17.08)
In what may be the last desperate hypocritical gasp of an administration still searching for some positive legacy to mitigate eight years plague on the US and the world, is now offering yet another Bush Axis of Evil country respectability, and the Golan. And, apparently, naïve to the end, did so in writing! I said, *yet another Axis of Evil country* because over the past two years Bush also, first quietly then publicly, provided diplomatic recognition to Iran and its feisty president Ahmadinejad in exchange for reducing its assistance to the Shiite militias, and particularly for quieting the Baghdad Sadrist fighters, an effort to make the so-called Surge appear successful in the run-up to the US elections. And now, it is reported, Bush has also compromised on his much vaunted no-timeline for withdrawal from Iraq, agreeing to remove all US troops by Summer, 2010. It may be poor sportsmanship, since McCain almost certainly has already lost the election, but the Republican candidate was almost 100% behind Bush in his foreign policy, a policy that has done serious injury not only to US credibility in the eyes of the world as superpower but, as a result of failing to confront Iran, has left Israel and the Arab oil fields far more at risk than even imaginable eight years ago. Thank you President Bush!
57. Time ISrael Stands Up for Herself
Rivkah Rybak ,   Israel   (10.17.08)
It's time Israel defends itself and stop quivering like cowards to the USA. www.yeshabulletin.com
58. What other solutions does BUSH have?
Rivkah Rybak ,   Israel   (10.17.08)
Perhaps give Iraq to Iran? Perhaps give England to Iran? www.yeshabulletin.com
59. This is supposed to be our best friend
Yoel ,   Ra'nana   (10.17.08)
Give them Texas, and maybe they will give you peace in return. I thought he was our best friend, but it seems he's not different from europeans. Shabbat Shalom, maybe he will also give a rest to his brain and change his mind from stupid ideas.
60. re 47, complete lies, Golan was never Palestinian.
Sayid ,   Sweden   (10.17.08)
1/4th of Golan was ceded from the ottoman Syrian province to Palestine when the british and french came. 5-6 years later it was ceded back to Syria. It was never Palestinian and the area ceded was 1/4th of Golan, not close to the entire area.
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