Opinion  Nahum Barnea
Netanyahu's opponents, allies sense weakness on Palestinian unity
Nahum Barnea
Published: 06.06.14, 23:39
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1. Israel infighting while enemies plot war. Its coming.
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (06.07.14)
2. Leftists worse than Bibi - ignorant of true reality
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (06.07.14)
No 'deals' can ever be done with the enemy. They have never shown their capacity to honor or abide by any arrangement where they did not hold sway over everybody - especially Jews who arabs have murdered when ever they have the chance. Leftist mentality is a suicide , death wish. This is the true denial of what is being planned - what is coming.
3. Need 50%Percent Judae Samaria land sw
Zechariah   (06.07.14)
50 % of Judae and Samaria for the Jews 3000 square km of Islamic Israel for the Arabs .Thats six thousand square kilometres pure 100% Arab .Enough for five million Arabs Israel is too crowded .Have five million Jews and send one Haredim to the Gallus to work and Study .An International army of a Million all Jewish or USA NATO mix .Scandinavians to ensure Arab human Rights and Herzogs hammer blows for extremists and agents Provocateurs by Jordanians .Gaza separate but half a million to Judae and Samaria trained as Technocrats doctors teachers and Farmers .Review in 2025 .
4. #2 - No peace w/Leftists...
yosef, phd ,   florida - israel   (06.07.14)
Right on again, Benassi. Fine, coherent post !
5. Bibi is not the PM of Israel
DAN   (06.07.14)
He is only the PM of the settlers, and needs to be thrown out so Israelis can retake control of their country.
6. #2 Jordan? Egypt?
Samuel ,   Melbourne   (06.07.14)
Jordan and Egypt were former enemies of Israel, and now Israel enjoys cordial relations with the two states. So your claim that no deals can be done with 'the enemy' is completely bogus. Please tell us, Prophet Steve from Silver Bay: what is coming? Have you seen the future? You should write a book if you have, could be another NYT Best Seller!
7. herzog is full of crap
arieh   (06.07.14)
herzog's attacks on the gov't lack of policy intimating he has the answer lack any substance. Herzog, another lawyer in the mold of merridor, livni and olmert, is totally full of crap. While bibi is weak and vacillates, herzog talks big but in truth is a weakling whose main idea is concessions and kissing obama's ass. That jews could vote for herzog tells you that the jewish people cannot shake the years of dizimitude. The arabs want herzog cause then they can beat israel. Who would fear herzog?? He is a bloody joke.
8. Israel needs a leader like Feiglin. Herzog is a calamity.
Chaim ,   Israel   (06.07.14)
Barnea's bias and stupidity are tiresome. It is ludicrous to put the blame solely on Bibi for the welcome mat nations are giving the genocidal new "Palestinian" government. Did anyone blame the P.M. at the time when the U.N. condemned Zionism as racism? Since Oslo, Israel's government has pretended mass murdering Fatah are peace partners and Hamas are bad terrorists. In reality, there is no difference. And everyone knows it. So if Israel accepts Fatah genocidists; why not Hamas genocidists too? Israel needs to change paths and claim Judea and Samaria. If we want to kiss our sole tiny Homeland goodbye; choose the calamity of Herzog. Polls show most Israelis reject Herzog's sick path of surrender. Hopefully, we will stop Herzog before he does real damage. Israel needs a wise, gutsy P.M. like Moshe Feiglin.
9. Fertile Barnea imagination creating atmosphere of weakness
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (06.07.14)
10. If Nahum Barnea wants to say that
Israeli 2   (06.07.14)
Bibi is weak - I agree If Nahum Barnea wants to say that Bibi is a leftist - I agree. If Nahum Barnea wants to say that Bibi is a coward - no argument there. An opportunist? Yes, that too. Bibi is all the wrong things for Israel. He signals the whole world that Israel can be trampled upon and their will be no retaliation. For crying out loud! Tzipi tells her PM what she wants and he simply agrees?
11. As Israel is marching toward disaster, personalities are of
Michael ,   California, USA   (06.07.14)
least importance. A unity government is badly needed, one that would approach the world with some new ideas on making peace with the Arabs. Netanyahu is weak and the time is against Israel as this excellent article explains. No wonder the smell of gun powder is in the air.
12. Can't Save Israel by Running From Israel
Aharon   (06.07.14)
Plans like Herzog's and others similar to it, will, at best, help Israel in the short-term, but will destroy it in the long-term. Jerusalem cannot be divided and expect to remain a Jewish city. Arabs can pray and live there, but they cannot control it. Letting the "palestinians" control the Jordan Valley, at any point, would lead to disaster and impair Israel's ability to defend itself in a future attack. There is no doubt a future attack will happen, especially when the Arabs know that Israel is in a weakened position geographically. The best thing that Israel can do is to annex all of Judea and Samaria and give permanent residency to the "palestinians." Contrary to popular belief, the "palestinian" demographics won't overwhelm the Israeli population and the Jews can maintain a majority. The "palestinians" would be able to experience democracy instead of the authoritarian rule that they currently experience, and Israel can deal with groups likes Hamas and Fatah as internal issues rather than as a foreign war. Further, Israel would be in control of the cradle of Jewish civilization and can ensure that Jewish historical sites remain such.
13. To no 5 The polls show different than what you write
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14. Left reality......
History nut ,   Israel   (06.07.14)
with the plug for Herzog.
15. Barneas and Yahoos are many, Israel is one.
Miron ,   USA   (06.07.14)
16. #6 Samuel
Madeleine ,   Israel   (06.07.14)
Jordan and Egypt were sovereign countries. Fatah-Hamas are a bunch of terrorists (ever heard what they spout in Arabic?) who have declared time and again that they will use the democratic process to extort concessions from us, then use their new-found strength to eliminate us. They are not bound by any lawas, neither their own nor international ones. True, you only make peace with your enemies, but usually, by the time you sit at the negotiating table, those enemies have genuinely given up vowing to wipe you out. Look what happened when eveyr last Jew was evicted from Gaza. The terrorists rolled in, and the first thing they did was ran amok smashing and burning the viable greenhouses and agriculture that we had left there.I hope we will never sit at the table with them till they wipe their avowals of our slaughter from both their charters and their minds.
17. #11. "Palestinian" narrative enters trash can of history.
Chaim ,   Israel   (06.07.14)
Time is totally on Israel's side. That explains the desperation of "Palestinian" poseurs and Israeli leftists. Israel is winning demographically. Israel is winning economically. Israel is winning militarily. Israel needs only a P.M. and government with the courage to sweep the fictional "Palestinian" narrative into the trashcan of history.
18. #11, you don't have to follow any Barnea krap opinion
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (06.07.14)
19. Barneas and Yahoos are many, Israel is one.
Miron ,   USA   (06.07.14)
20. #6 So what Egypt, Jordan - they are not 'cordial' relations
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (06.07.14)
Stay safe in Melbourne buddy - because there is a massive conflagration coming to the M.E. Seems everyone else knows it but you. Jordan and Egypt are not examples of 'cordiality' they hate Israel and only refrain from continuing open hostilities because of the withering response such actions would attract. Typical leftist wanker. You wouldn't know your ass from your elbow.
21. Each & every idiot in Israel knows, that Bibi is the best PM
tom ,   tel aviv   (06.07.14)
Israel ever had, period. Taking into account the crazy/ugly turn of tide in worlds attitude towards Israel, he does a perfect job and that's DESPITE the constant backstabbing and digging done by utter ignoramuses at home. Hertzog being the latest Resident Idiot of Knesset. Tzipi is in a league of her own: idiocy mixed with remorseless egotism& lack of any true patriotism. What Nahumke writes is just a knee-jerk reflex.
22. Couldn't make Hitler to love Jews
tiki ,   belgium   (06.07.14)
Can't make Europe & Obama to love Israel or Jews........no matter how hard you try! It's a lose lose fight. Not Netanyahu, not Bennet, not Herzog will change the EU/Obama strategic & political 'love for the Palestinians. Why? It's against Israel and thus against the "Jew! "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"! Very old but it still works!
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