The Olive Branch

Look, I don't know about the latest stock reports of BP, sunonco, standard oil. british petroleum shell oil in south Africa... I'm just at a loss to fathom how this equates to Israel! call me stupid. fine. But I still want to partake in the discussion. why close me out? This happened with Lynn ad a ...

ok
here goes you understand Hebrew?
לתרגן
הבחין ויש הבחינה
discernment
יחודים
זה מילה שכל אנשים יודע
יחודים

Margie, I'm dismayed at the lack of tolerance for dissention. For the lack of entertaining horizons that don't equate with your(and I mean Your in the plural,) designations, prognostications, and by-all-means, guesses at what might and could be in the realm of Middle-East unification. YES, unificati...

The other issue which is worth mentioning again while pointing out the cherry-picking being done by many is.....how can this steady diet of claims that "East Jerusalem" be a capital of a palestinian state if Res. 194 clearly calls for it to be under United Nations control. Where does this...

Ethel,
I Love Daniel Pipes' perspicacity and vigorous treatment of the dilemma posed by innately stupid governmental policies.
Thankyou for the link.

Tania I know that the Germans and the French hated each other for centuries. They're together now in the EU and it seems that the current generations get along well enough, though France has found a new enemy - Margie, Can the Israeli/Palestinian situation really be compared to an historic christia...

Gerald, you're scraping at definitions and semantics.

In the US, we would call this a hate crime. It seems that you would call this a terrorist attack. So the defenition of a 'hate crime' is? And the definition of a 'terrorist attack' is? Can a 'terrorist attack' also be classed as a 'hate crime'? How can a terrorist attack NOT be a Hate Crime??? Terr...

Why do Israel and leftist leaning governments never acknlowledge this ?

obe
"Hamas was democratically elected. They represent the Palestinians at the negotiating table - simple."
What is "simple"is that, if a people elects a terrorist entity, then who in the free world need recognize them?!

OBE
..."One where their borders are controlled by Israel?"...
If the Palestinians cannot control their own borders, then who?!

Peter, the Israeli arabs will never agree to a "transfer", even if that means remaining where they are and becoming a part of the "future" Palestinian entity. Haaretz, two days ago, published a poll that showed 88% of Israeli-Arabs would rather live in Israel Proper than anywhere...

So, Gabe, when will Haaretz begin to call terrorists terrorists rather than "militants"?

MK Benny Elon (National Union) has been recently to Jordan and found that the circumstances for accepting the West Bank as a future Jordanian entity are not as black&white as Condoleeza Rice has suggested; that the Arabs are not necessarily opposed to the idea. http://israelagainstterror.blogspo...

Thankyou, Ethel, for the reference to the J-post article. I'm inclined to believe that Obama's awareness of the Israeli situation is a "work-in-progress". As Isi says, "He is young, charming, passionate and extremely bright." There have been valuable lessons learned along the way...

Oh Jacob, how I love hadag nachash!!!

אנחנו פה והם שם !

odp,
This sounds like an idea that the IDF should have undertaken immediately after the recently unfortunate abductions of Shalit, Goldvasser and Regev.

The internal threat of IsraeliArab jihadist activity is taken too lightly and brushed aside by the Israeli government. http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/06/domestic-threat-islam-is-gnawing-on_21.html By SAM SER Sheikh Ra'ed Salah may seem like just another face in the crowd of Israeli Ara...

"saber-rattling" is a term that comes immediately to mind, however, a military exercise of this magnitude by Israel should never be taken lightly. No, it wasn't intended to be a provocation, but an exhibition, nonetheless, of Isarel's readiness.

Ethel,

Polonium? Isn't this the chemical used in the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning?!
I'm certain that the Mossad has considered such options to eliminate masterminds of terror.

Danite provokes discussion. I love her. Disagreeing with her posts is fine, but to do so acerbically is not necessary. Her language is sometimes refreshingly colorful. Akiva please keep your posts on topic. The topic of this thread is "Leftists in Hebron ..." please ensure that your future...

Judging alone by the prolific number of replies to this talking point, it is astonishingly evident that we all keep dear the future of Jerusalem.

"...tunnel operators fear truce..."
Yes, Margie, what an industrious and efficient operation it is!
The business of smuggling may become less lucrative if the truce continues.

For three days now, I find myself anxiously scouring news sites for the truce to have been broken.The lull in war is like waithing for the messish with hell hanging over-head. Could there possibly be a better situation to provoke peace?! In this case, no news IS good news. The proffered peace accord...

Just wondering if, in Las Vegas, there is a "line" on the date and hour when the cease-fire will deteriorate.

If there is no progress on shalit within a week or two at mots, israel should create a provocation and attack them.hamas has no intention of doing anything but getting stronger for the next round. Of course, hamas is aware of this and is intent upon regaining its terrorist potencies, i.e., arsenal....

Danite,
I hope for only good to come of this truce. But I just don't expect it to last a day. As for smashing up Gaza, I would see that when the first qassam is fired, probably today, that the carpet-bombing of the strip should begin.

I'd be interested in hearing what our Olive-Branch constituency predicts or expects the next twenty-four hours, 48 or 36 to bring.???

Danite,
I meant to point out the obscene influnce of billion-dollar pocketbooks, oil and drug feathered.
Ban you not!
You're the color of controversie!

Danite, I love your colorful language! The issue is oil. The gap between the haves and the havenots is exponentially exploding. Those with money and without conscience are investing heavily in the oil industry, to the detriment of us all. Afghanistan represents possibly the second most influential p...

Percentages of Islamic popuplations globally and their manifest adverse consequences are presented here as troubling relativities. http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/06/about-islam.html Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In it's fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of...

If I may, Here are a few more Arab views corroborating the reality of Arab guilt for the "Nakba". Posted by Harry at 11:08 AM 0 comments PA Media: 1948 Refugees Dispatched by Arabs by Ezra HaLevi A recent report by a senior Palestinian Authority journalist in the PA daily Al-Ayyam document...

Thursday, May 22, 2008 50,000 Arabs Left Gaza, Many More on the Way. by Hillel Fendel PA prime minister Salam Fayyad has confirmed that 50,000 Arabs have left Gaza since Hamas took over. He said many times that amount would like to go if they could. Speaking on Tuesday at a conference in Bethlehem d...

Peter,"the result of
which is that fiction has become fact."
'historical fiction' is an apt phrase to describe the phenomenon of narrative as truth.
How painful will it be when the "pitcher" of delusion hits the cornerstone of truth?

Sabashimon,
Thankyou for further clarifying the redundantly ignorant mindset of "Nakba mentality".

These numbers are astounding!
How is there any real negotiation for the ror??

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Palestine Nakba - the obvious mystery. By Ami Isseroff There is an obvious mystery about the Palestine Nakba - the situation of the Arab refugees of the 1948 Israel War of Independence. It is one of those things that is so obvious that nobody mentions it, like an elephant in the...

Margie, I have to take issue with your conjecture that Islam is a religion that can sustain goodwill toward the 'other'. It was founded in cruelty toward any but its own. And then, it is divided at an early, two generation,? stage against itself, i.e.,sunni v.s. shiia. The only benign feature of Isl...

I have just thought that it is pertinent to, again, make the connection between Islam and hatred of life to the detriment of all.