By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press: Olmert: I won't divide Jerusalem or give away Temple Mount
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Title:#9: Brod: Israel is not a colony
Name:Stephen Murray
City: AmsterdamState:
"Israel is a sovereign nation and does not need to be treated like a little colony in the Pacific Ocean and be told and manipulated what to do. "

Unfortuinately for Israel that is not true. Without US financial aid and EU trade Israel wouldn`t have a hope of survival. That`s why the Boycott Israel movement has the potential to be massively damaging for Israel (deservedly so actually. Security concerns don`t justify the occupation after all)