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Rabin memorial: Olmert calls for concessions in Jerusalem
Ronen Medzini
Published: 10.11.08, 15:48
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1. When are we going to stop hearing from Olmert Already
Norman   (11.10.08)
This guy is a loser and wants to drown the whole Jewish state. Can't he add 1 + 1 did he not see what all the concessions and pullbacks brought us ???
2. My successful Peace exists today in Sderot & Ashkelon!
Ehud Oldmerde   (11.10.08)
3. give in to Jihad--that'll make themn accept us?
bob ,   potomac md and TA   (11.10.08)
giving in to jihad --the same old mistake--If you keep giving in like this, in a hundred years there'll be Islamic beheadings in Rabin square and lapidations in Clore Park
4. He resigned, remember?
Millie ,   Israel   (11.10.08)
He should not have anything to say about affairs of state. Olmert belongs in prison. He can talk all he wants to the four walls.
5. Nov 1917 - Still no rights for the Palestinians
Richard ,   London UK   (11.10.08)
“His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”
6. I vote that we give up Olmert
meir elazar   (11.10.08)
I am willing to concede Olmert to Hamas, Islamic Jihad, PRC, El Aqsa, Fatah, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Ahmadinejad, or anyone else who advocates our destruction. His actions are more aligned with them than the survival or Israel and the Jewish people anyway. IT IS TIME FOR OLMERT TO SHUT UP AND GO. In the name of G-d just go!!!
7. Olmert and Rabin and Oslo have made KADDISH a popular song
hymie zoltsveis ,   NYC, NY, USA   (11.10.08)
"Thanks" to the death of Rabin, we got more and more of Oslo, and less and less safety. We get corpses, and the muslim terrorists get back live killer terrorists. Jews and their homes get expelled and razed. The arab enemy get more land and their trespassing buildings are ignored. Kaddish for the dead is now, perhaps, Israel's most "popular" song. All we got was less land, less safety, less future, less or everything---other than MORE widows and orphans---courtesy of Rabin, Peres, and Olmert. The arabs must be the ones to be expelled--NOT JEWS. Let us pray for LEADERS and not sell-out, ham-eating bums.
8. Olmert---SHUT UP!! You are a goniff disgrace!
Seymour Schwartz ,   Minneapolis, MN   (11.10.08)
What can Olmert speak of with knowledge? Advanced "Goniffery?" This man has brought disgrace to Israel and Hashem! He is trying to finalize Hitler's Final Solution. Shut up Olmert. You have done enough damage.
9. The Prophets like Joel warned that dividing Jerusalem
Rivkah   (11.10.08)
and God's land will lead to Armageddon. I have noticed a pattern in Israeli leaders who trade land for peace and get war instead: they have a vendetta agenda against Israel for some reason, a grudge to get even with the people who elected them and those who didn't. Something sour happened in their lives previously that trading land for peace assuages. Olmert will get even for the allegations against him. The same is true in America. Prescott Bush was publicly labeled a traitor by President Franklin Roosevelt. To get even, his son and grandson worked tirelessly to get elected Presidents to get even with the people who heard the shameful allegations against Prescott Bush, is my opinion. When a person in power does a traitorous act under the color of being in office, look for the root of bitterness that they are getting even for.
10. Olmert
Ricardo Macher ,   KarneiShomron Israel   (11.10.08)
This lousy thief we have as president is mistaken from Aleph to Tet! It's not only that he dirties Rabin memory he doesn't understand that the falsehood of his words is proven by the fact that nobody plans to kill him. Or maybe he is right and the reason is that he's not worth even of a bullet! Please somebody in the Knesset punch his nose!
11. Why exactly? 23 kingdoms are not enough?
myra   (11.10.08)
Gee what a shame. The addition of weeny litle Israel will make them( and you,sir) happy? No way, the scenario is just too hilarious. What a comedian you are. Youre wasting your talents as PM. Stand Up comedy for you. Watch out, Seinfeld.
12. ..in exchange for missiles...
cordier   (11.10.08)
13. You prayed for it..
Juan ,   Spain   (11.10.08)
...You dreamt of it. God answered your prayer and now you have the land. So please hang on to it. God spoke through His prophets telling you not to give the land away. Don't blame the people who follow God's words. Don't try to arrest them for being against this give-away government.
14. rumblings of a dying man
yanki ,   london   (11.10.08)
a man clinging on to his last moments of fame tries to destroy all around him, as long as everyone goes down with him shame on u olmert, leave with dignity!
15. Olmert and more "giveaways "
DT ,   TA Isr   (11.10.08)
His agenda as is Livni's is to give up Jerusalem and then the State because our borders and whats left will be indefensible after they have finished. The good news is that Olmert is, at best, a corrupt clown and yesterdays very bad joke
16. Return to 1967 borders
Concerned ,   London, UK   (11.10.08)
I note with interest that various officials are talking about giving up territories - even returning to the '67 borders. At the same time comments are being made about right wing extremists needing to be contained. Each aspect in their own right is cause for concern. In combination, as I understand the situation, there is an attempt to thwart a major backlash against a move to return to the '67 borders, probably one of the most dangerous moves Isreal could make. In a world that, many view, as much more civilized, keeping peace, etc., we see rogue and not-so-rogue governments do as they please. It is clear, even with the best will in the world, no one will be there to maintain any agreements except Israel itself. It should also be noted that the enemy states are no longer isolated to bordering countries and the warfare technology is second to none. Added to this, those immigrants of non-Jewish origin, who maintain there antisemitic views and behaviour, and the picture becomes even worse. What is required is a strong Jewish state with a strong Jewish identity - perhaps, idealists.
17. Consessions==Kassams everywhere
David ,   Montreal, Canada   (11.10.08)
Olmert, you had your chance and blew it on corruption. Go home!
18. #5, Richard, they started losing their rights when they
Roman ,   Lod, Israel   (11.10.08)
tried to take away some of the basic rights of the Jews in Palestine. Such as the right to breathe. You may than Haj Amin il-Husayni and his band of merry marauders. You may also thank the rioters of 1929, and all subsequent riots, pogroms, and attempted genocides. The Palestinians have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. And so they missed the chance of coexistence all the way back then.
19. Here we ago again...
Roman ,   Lod, Israel   (11.10.08)
And yet again the memorial day of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is twisted for political ends - and yet another corrupt politician is grasping the horns of the Oslo altar, hoping that it would safeguard him from the ire of the press and the law enforcement establishments of the state. Remember how disgusted publicly disgusted people were of Bibi's hijacking of the late Rehavam Ze'evi's memorial for his own political ends? So tell me, why the silence this time? Is it only bad when the Right digs up corpses and parades them around, figuratively speaking? The Left has been doing it for over a decade now with poor Yitzhak Rabin, and it's a shameful practice. And for the last time - Rabin's politics toward the end of his life are *not* his legacy, to be shoved down our throats. Memoirs and writings are a great man's legacy - not a short-lived political agenda. I have had enough of the rampant politicization of the state memorial for Yitzhak Rabin. I may have not agreed with all of his political moves and ideas, but he was still my Prime Minister. He was the Prime Minister of all of us here in Israel - but if the Left keeps turning this into At least Peres is handling himself in a respectable manner, and is actually talking about something *relevant to the memorial day*. Good for Peres. Too bad someone gave Olmert a podium to speak at.
20. LOL
Matityahu ,   Slovenia   (11.10.08)
Giving away land for nothing isn't called concessions, it's called national betrayal.
21. when are the pallys gonna talk what they have to do?
jerome ,   basalt co.   (11.10.08)
how come olmert or his counterpart abbas never talk about what the Palestinians have to do for a real peace?! like stop teaching their children lies like the Jews took the land from them. it was the arabs that didn't except peace and started the wars and lost. change there maps. stop teaching that suicde bombers get you 72 vigins and a 1 slut,(or what ever nonsense they teach) and so on and so forth!
22. and what are they giving up??
larry ,   chicago   (11.10.08)
What kind of ass is Olmert? What do the Arabs give us? We get nothing but the big lie. With leaders like him, who needs enemies????
23. OLMERT WILL STAND IN THE GARBAGES OF HISTORY
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24. Why must Jews always concede for peace, never Arabs?
shneerhere ,   USA   (11.10.08)
25. olmert ha'bayita
(11.10.08)
The damage maker just can't close his big mouth. He's bent on doing Israel as much damage as possible before we don't have to hear him anymore. He should move to the States with his kids.
26. Olmert-just shut UP already and crawl back
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under the rock u came under!
27. Olmert and horse trading
Brod ,   USA   (11.10.08)
Olmert should stop horse trading. He has no authority to play god on Israel. It is not up to Olmert to determine the destiny of Israel. It is the nation that will determine its destiny through the election process. Olmert's simplistic horse trading will only endanger Israel's national security interests in the long term.
28. Israel should name their sewage tanks after Olmert
Alkalai ,   USA   (11.10.08)
29. GAG OLMERT NOW
Rich ,   Fort Lauderdale   (11.10.08)
It's time to shut up this moron. He has betrayed every ideal Israel ever stood for. When will the indictment come down?
30. A small Correction
Gideon Reader   (11.10.08)
Correction of Headline: "Scuralous and magnificently incompetent mal-practioner of political chicanery, once again tries to inflict fatal damage to his nation, as a parting gift for having been caught out as a corrupt and cheesy, repulsively sticky fingered Kakistocratic gonif of the lowest order". There. Fixed it.
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