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Olmert: Terror's origin is Islam
Attila Somfalvi
Published: 02.11.10, 20:59
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1. reasonable message, wrong messenger.
i ,   jerusalem   (11.02.10)
2. he got the 1st part right
Avi Steinson ,   Tel Aviv   (11.02.10)
Bu tif he really thinks that talking to Islamic terrorists is the answer then I guess he is the same white collar criminalwho let Hizbula defeat Israel
3. olmerts advice
alan ash ,   newark nj   (11.02.10)
he is out of office and has no right to criticize anything- he could have done what was necessary while in office-- lets just talk the truth -peace talks with people who have been trained and educated to kill anybody non islam is the world threat. any thinking of peace talk is absurd.
4. The pot calling the kettle black
Nour ,   One-State   (11.02.10)
Olmert should remember that Zionism has consistently exercised both terror and racism against us the indigenous population of Palestine. Since 2001 alone, over 5,000 Palestinians of which 4,000 are civilians were murdered by the Zionist forces in Palestine. The single largest instigator of radical Islamism in the Middle East is the cruel and brutal treatment of Palestinians at the hand of the same Zionist forces. All this and Omelette claims the root of terror is Islam? King David Hotel Bombing? Deir Yassin? Sabra? Qana 1? 2? Lebanon 06? Gaza 09? Tzipi Livni: "I insisted we go wild in Gaza". Sharon: "The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to kill them." David Grunn: "The prime function of our army will be to ensure that the natives don't come back to reclaim their lands.". Ovadia Yossef: "The function of gentiles is to serve Jews", "May the plague kills them Palestinians". "Israel" defines the very word "terrorism". Shouldn't this man be behind bars anyway? He is apparently corrupt. We should be talking about Holyland.
5. ok, lets put Judaism under the microscope
Abu Jihad ,   Yaffa, palestine   (11.02.10)
Joshua 6:21: "And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword." and I can quote Mr Olmets many dozens of passages like these in the old testament/Torah and the sayings of jewish sages. I rest my case
6. TUT TUT,MR OLMERT,YOU CANNOT SAY THAT!!
Ian ,   Newcastle upon Tyne   (11.02.10)
If he's not careful,Mr Olmert will have the whole weight of politically correct opinion down on him.It's simply not allowed to speak plain truth about Islam. When he was PM,Mr Olmert spent too much time playing by the political rules and he was dough in the Arab politicians' hands.They play by different rules. Too late,Mr Olmert. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!
7. Attila's meal ticket passing out 'wisdom'
Ilan ,   Ariel   (11.02.10)
All the con men together please.
8. expert olmert
moshon   (11.02.10)
naturally, there are israelis like haber and misgav who pay to hear their hero olmert elaborate on the causes and m eans of fighting terror. This expert who ruined the idf effort against hezbollah by hesitating and worrying about casualties and never really allowing the idf to regroup, reconfigure and attack hezbollah en masse , he is now advising us of what we should do.He assumes we are a bunch of morons. Who would listen to olmert on military matters with his track record other than the gutless writers of haaretz.. As for reduced terror on the west bank, it is due to the idf, shin bet and nothing to do with olmert. In fact, olmert's concessions led to tractor terror. Every time this coward opened his mouth, and made concessions to the PLO, israelis got shot at. No my friends, olmert's track record is at variance with his lying speech. He bumbled and stumbled and as margalit said , was a miserable failure. And yet israelis are dumb enough topay bucks to listen to him at a conference. Finally Mr. expert ehud knows so much that he used erdogan to almost divest israel of the golan, and assured israel that the north is so peaceful with hezbollah armed to the teeth waiting for the right time to start up. Ask the milliion israelis in the south what they think of olmert? ask relatives of the 150 killed in the 2006 war what they think of him. yet olmert runs around to the US or Israel giving speeches and making big bucks as some kind of expert. Are israelis stupid !!
9. Olmert the wuss - failed to free Shalit
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (11.02.10)
Ehud Olmert should have imposed the same prison conditions on Hamas prisoners as Hamas puts on Gilad Shalit. Netanyahu should have inherited a situation where all hamas prisoners are in solitary confinement in secret locations with zero communications with the outside world. Olmert should have banned all visits with hamas prisoners. Olmert stayed in comfort zone.
10. nour have you sent your parcels out for christmas yet?
(11.02.10)
11. 4 nour in iraq the jihadis kill that number in 1 month!
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12. Nour 1 state will end terror in Yemen and Iraq
lol   (11.02.10)
13. Alone...
Rachmiel ,   Mbueg USA   (11.02.10)
Cammon. The world's already thrown Israel under the freakin' bus. They're so willing to allow a first strike upon Israel, which would wipe out more than half the population and make any area inhabitable for years before the "West" would begin to talk about helping Israel. Better be prepared to do it alone. There's just not enough Jewish votes in America to help with war and the morality of this country has been down the drain for years.
14. Islam vs Judaism
Raji ,   Seattle, USA   (11.02.10)
What an Irony! a Jew who follows the Talmud and whose religion is Judaism is calling another religion, Islam a ` terror`. What a world! Olmert, you are a laughing stock. Anyone who has got an elementary understanding or read the Jewish Books both Talmud and the Torah is shocked by the terrors and injustices supposedly sanctioned by God against non-Jew s. No religious book on earth has got absurdities, genocide and terror sanctioned by God against the other as that of the Torah and the Talmud
15. democracy in iraq
marcel   (11.02.10)
so much for the mccain statement that the surge is working. the only thing that worked in Iraq was saddam hussein who killed or tortured anyone who made noise. And he forced ayatollahkhomeini, a stern man to sue for a ceasefire. Maliki is a flop as leader. Iraq is a tribal grouping with religious and ethnic differences. They can only be held together with a strong leader. OLikewise, a strong leader could deal with alquaed. How would you do it beyond making all kinds of concessions, dismantling israel, giving up spain to al quaeda so on. Not only would you have to take out terrorists, but their families as well. The message then would be that you deter them through their families and not just law enforcement techniques. mccain and lieberman were wrong about iraq but hussein was such a megalomaniac, that they could not let him alone. He was not alone. Look at Hamas-theyare delusional; look at syria-same thing. And iran-same thing-almost irrational. Along comes ehud barak who says we should resume peace talks. For what purpose? Their signature on paper is worthless. For all of his warts, olmert can do israel one favor -is to expose barak's role in the paintball affair.,
16. Raji, salam alekum my brother!
Baji   (11.02.10)
17. then and now
David ,   Jerusalem   (11.02.10)
That my friend was about 3000 years ago. People evolve, most people that is. The Bible also spoke about stoning adulterous women. But who does this today? Muslims only. Olmert is talking about currently dangerous types
18. of course what you find in any
Barney ,   USA   (11.02.10)
religious texts can be extreme. the truth of the matter is that it is mainly islam that is at the root of all terror worldwide. more muslims killing muslims than anybody else killing muslims. bombs away in iraq today. it is up to the Rabbis to interpret the texts but i don't recall anyone acting on these texts as the radical islams do. don't take my word for it-READ THE NEWS
19. Olmert
Ahmad ,   London   (11.03.10)
Pot call the cattle b...
20. Olmert: 'Capitulation will end terrorism'
Steve   (11.03.10)
Mr. Olmert is so pathetic. I am ashamed to admit, this man is a fellow Jew. Olmert and Livni were and are willing to give away most of Israel to the jihadists and THAT, according to this pathetic man, will end jihad terrorism. Will someone (Anyone; even his wife) tell him to shut his pie hole. Please Mr. Olmert, go away. Please go away.
21. Political correctness
Pumpkin Pie   (11.03.10)
Here in America, political correctness is literally going to kill us. People will end up dying because of it. People are loathe to acknowledge the role that Islam has played in fomenting terrorism. Of course not all Muslims are terrorists, but 99% of terrorists are Muslim. It's time to call a spade a spade and quit pussyfooting around.
22. Olmert The Loser
David ,   NY - US   (11.03.10)
How come somebody put Olmert to speak? The man is a loser.
23. # 4: BRAVO Nour
Ray ,   US   (11.03.10)
You should run for Palestinian politics.
24. 100% agreed.........
Edward ,   Philippines   (11.03.10)
in fact the definition of terror is " islam ". Lack of political will is the main problem beseting the west for not confronting the menacing danger of islamic terrorism . For one , nobody wants to antagonized those oil rich fat belly so called arab world .
25. #19 Ynet continues to be funniest newsite online
grammar police   (11.03.10)
Ahmad, the correct saying is the ''pot calling the kettle black''. A pot and a kettle are both found in the kitchen ......the word ''cattle'' refers to a collection of farm animals such as cows for example.
26. enter score card...
Y.net web reader ,   Niles.IL.USA   (11.03.10)
...denial, postponements, indecision, transcendent facts swirl in comfort zones...this one is for the historians
27. History will show that Israel is a big contributer to terror
Chas. ,   Los Angeles   (11.03.10)
As a matter of fact the Israelis commit the largest number of terrorist acts in Palestine by far. It is a by all accounts, EU, UN, etc. a criminal state. The pro Israeli Jews live in a fantasy world of victimization while brutalizing their neighbors.
28. just shrivel up and go away already
Pinny ,   Bat Yam   (11.03.10)
Olmert and Jimmy Carter
29. Pity the brainless jihadis, posting as Raji and Baji..
Nemesis   (11.03.10)
30. Exerpts from nour's muslim dictionary
Chatich   (11.03.10)
Indigenous -noun: one who settles on land or occupies property without title, right, or payment of rent. instigator -noun: one who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency; a person or thing that suffers harm, death, etc, from another or from some adverse act, circumstance, etc. talkback -noun: a forum for the deliberate spreading and propagation of lies, misinformation, rumors, etc. for the purpose of political gain, misplaced sympathy.
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