Olmert seems to fall for the Syrians,like President Bush falls for the Mexicans.
Neither problem will be solved by either of these people.
Okay, that's not going to happen. So what's the purpose of this leaked "secret" communique?
you have to be s. me
so in 10 years will they be offering beach front property
Suicide. I pray that the Israelis run this idiot out of office before it is too late.
Yet another reason to be disappointed in our "great" leader. How he thinks appeasement will really result in peace is beyond me. That goes for Israel and US. Sigh......
Bashar al Assad believes that the Golan Heights belong to Syria. I don’t think he is going to accept any deal with strings attached.
This will give Israel the justification She seems to think She needs to wipe out the forces Syria is amassing on her border.
But then, I always tend to be an optimist.
Compare the sign to the direction in which the weapons are aimed. Kind of sums it up.
Brutus warned him: “There is a tide in the affairs of men / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
Omitted, all the voyage of their life/ Is bound in shallows and in miseries."
George Bush is destined to grind out the rest of his administration in the shallows and the miseries, and Israel will likewise pay the price.
Bad idea — why would anyone trust the Syrians to make good on any deal?
If he truly did, he is a fool and a traitor. Israel can not long survive without the Golan Heights.
Idiot.
Beyond idiotic.... very french.
Olmert needs to bo back and re-read Kings & Chronicles.
The proper response is to rob the Temple & King’s Treasures to buy off foreign aggressors; not give them land.
Should be plenty enough loot in Al Aqsa/Dome of the Rock to cover it.
Giving the Golan Heights to Syria will guarantee a war. And the results won’t be favorable to Israel.
Beyond stupid.
Israeli Prime Minister Said Willing to withdraw from Golan Heights
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has relayed a message to Syrian President Bashar Assad saying Israel will withdraw from the Golan Heights territory it seized in the 1967 war if that is the price of peace. According to sources, Olmert told the Syrian leader Israel would return the Golan in exchange for a 60-day cease fire agreement and a pledge not to mutilate Jews after they are killed.
Assad said that while he is reluctant to lend legitimacy to the “Zionist occupiers of Palestine,” he would consider the offer. “The Jews must ultimately vacate the region,” Assad asserted. “This could be a useful step on the road to a final solution of the Jewish problem. The Golan heights provide an excellent vantage point for shelling Israeli positions.”
The prime minister defended his offer saying that “the promised 60-day ceasefire would the most solid period of peace enjoyed by Israel since the Oslo Accords.”
While Olmert has received criticism from Likkud, politicians of the Left praised his initiative. “A 60-day ceasefire is a small price to pay to get the Jews off the Golan Heights,” United Arab List-Ta’al Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi said. “The struggle for Palestine can be renewed after this brief interlude.”
Meretz chairman Yossi Beilin praised the change in Olmert’s stance regarding negotiations with Syria. “When you are feeding the crocodile it is best to give him small bites,” Beilin remarked. ”That way you may postpone your eventual doom another day, or in this case, at least another 60-days.”
In related news, a new poll of Palestinians revealed that 51% support the rocket attacks on Israel even though 66% say the attacks provide no real benefit to the Palestinians. “It’s a matter of pride,” explained poll respondent Yusef Ashat. “Pursuing benefits is the way of the Jew. We are not like that. It is better that no one benefits than that one Jew should enjoy a moment’s respite on the path to his extermination.”
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http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm
olmert is not all there.
Olmert will soon not be the PM and the Syrian “peace” would not be verifiable. The UN would be all over Israel if they said Syria helped any of the Palestinian terrorist organizations. So it’s an absolutely insane offer if true!
In general, it’s never a good idea to let the enemy have any ground referred to as “heights”.