[Sabramerican]

While the Israeli tears are still flowing.

So much for all the fantasies here about how now Israel will get some support.

Both sides must do more? What have the "Palestinians" done?

This is not Democrats, Liberals, Europeans, the UN. This is the Bush Administration. Republicans. Israel's best friend ever.

[freedomson]

I hope she doesn't end up on the ticket in '08.

[battlecry]

For the life of me, I can't see the gameplan here. What could possibly be the short or long term positives to these statements?

[truthandlife]

This is truly incredible! I cannot believe Rice is spouting this garbage and this policy. I am afraid that judgement is a coming for this nation!

Letter to President Bush(Consequences on pressure for Israel to give up her Covenant Land)

[section9]

The notion that Israel can hold on to a territory full of hostile Palestinians is a fantasy.

The Palestinians wish to exterminate the Jews. We know this. Rice knows this. Do you think they are stupid? Better the enemy without than the enemy within. The fact is that the Israelis cannot absorb a hostile population of Arabs who wish to kill them, no matter how many settlers you wish to plant down in Gaza and the West Bank.

Best to leave the Pallies to their own devices, and to their own inevitable civil war.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[cyborg]

This will never end. This story is as old as the book of Genesis.

[veronica]

Mother Condi sure has changed her tune. She makes Colin Powell look good.

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

"...made it clear that she expected Israel and the Palestinians to take further steps ...."

I know which steps Israel took...but,
Can anyone tell me which steps their "partners" took/will take???? I missed the MSM last night, to busy watching Oreilly, man I love that guy...

[ElCapusto]

...she feels for evacuated settlers Israel will be expected to make further concessions...Give the muslim killers what they want and they'll still keep killing us!

What a stupid policy!

What a lousy secretary of state!

Albright gave away missile guidance secrets, Rice gives away something she (and W) think will win them friends in the muslim world.

Fat chance!

[sockmonkey]

Palestinian Authority must move quickly to disarm Palestinian factions intent on breaking the current cease-fire with Israel.

Does she also think that Pigs can Fly?

[liberallarry]

As I see it Sharon's plan is to give up Gaza and the most Arab parts of the West Bank while keeping Jerusalem and the settlement blocks around it. If successful, his plan will make a Palestinian state impossible. Gaza will become part of Egypt and the Arab West Bank part of Jordan or Syria...or even Lebanon.

A good plan. If the U.S. supports it it will work.

In the meantime where are all the liberals who've been claiming that Jewish neo-cons run America?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

But...but Condi is our savior in 2008 against Hillary! < /Condi worshippers >

[TheBattman]

That is EXACTLY the point - what have Palestinians (note my longstanding tagline) done? NOTHING. But what it all boils down to - the supposed peace plan does nothing but REWARD TERRORISM. Anyone who supports this "peace plan" that involves capitulating to the Terrorists are, in fact, SUPPORTING terrorism. If the Bush Administration is supporting the current capitulation, then they too are guilty of aiding terrorists.

At that point, we see how our own leaders (sorry to all the GW supporters - it's a fact) also talk out both sides of their mouths. Anyone who supports terrorists are the enemy of the US is our enemy - yet our own aministration is encouraging terrorism by rewarding terrorists for their actions.

I'm fed up.

[WestCoastGal]

I wonder if Israel realizes how it looks for their people to be carried out and put on buses hanging out the windows crying.

[HankReardon]

Wasn't the Gaza Strip a part of Egypt before they commited an acyt of war againstIsrael by blockaiding Israel's main seaport.

Why is Gaza going to a population of people with no nation?

[joebuck]

Since the Palistinians will see these consessions as the fruits of their terrorism, why in would should we expect them to give up those tactics? Once the dust settles they will just ramp up another round of Jihad seeking more concessions including all of Jerusalem.

[HankReardon]

The Gaza will be the home of every anti-American, anti-Israel terrorist group in the world.

Sly Sharon, let them settle themselves in, let them all relocate to what they beleive is a safe haven for their evil operations.

Sharon will have them all in one place. Up against the sea.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Our leaders have lost their minds.

God save us.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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[Obadiah]

No more concessions!!! We have given billions to Arafat and his thugs over the past decades. Israel has continued to suffer near daily terrorism and horror while every other nation - including the US - counsels Israel to be patient, and then hands over more money to "Palestinians".

Show me some tangible concessions from those in "Palestine". What? The terror has eased up so now we should reward them? I want to see - exactly - what Palestinians are conceding and/or agreeing to.

Why is the pressure always on Israel to tolerate terrorism, to give up just a little more, while the rest of the world simply expects nothing from Palestinians?

[duckln]

Condi is slowly going down hill.

Our policy has been, rightly so, to support Israel as an example Democracy in the middle east.

If we walk away from that commitment, what are the chances of another example, Iraq, surviving and succeeding?