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The real estate war
By Gideon Levy
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This miserable war in Lebanon, which is just getting more and more complicated for no reason at all, was born in Israel's greed for land. Not that Israel is fighting this time to conquer more land, not at all, but ending the occupation could have prevented this unnecessary war. If Israel had returned the Golan Heights and signed a peace treaty with Syria in a timely fashion, presumably this war would not have broken out.

Peace with Syria would have guaranteed peace with Lebanon and peace with both would have prevented Hezbollah from fortifying on Israel's northern border. Peace with Syria would have also isolated Iran, Israel's true, dangerous enemy, and cut off Hezbollah from one of the two sources of its weapons and funding. It's so simple, and so removed from conventional Israeli thinking, which is subject to brainwashing.
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For years, Israel has waged war against the Palestinians with the main motive of insistence on keeping the occupied territories. If not for the settlement enterprise, Israel would have long since retreated from the occupied territories and the struggle's engine would have been significant neutralized. Not that a non-occupying Israel would have turned into the darling of the Arab world, but the destructive fire aimed at Israel would have significantly lessened, and those who continued to fight Israel would have found themselves isolated.

The war against the Palestinians is therefore unequivocally a territorial war, a war for the settlements. In other words, in the West Bank and Gaza, people were killed and are getting killed because of our greed for land. From Golda Meir to Ehud Olmert, the lie has held that the war with the Palestinians is an existential one for survival imposed on Israel when it is actually a war for real estate, one dunam after another, that does not belong to us.

The situation is different with Syria. For 33 years, the Syrians gave up the military effort to reinstate their occupied lands. Israel can pass a dozen Golan Heights laws to annex it, but occupied territory remains occupied territory. During those three decades, the prevailing view in Israel was that there was no need for peace with Syria: The Syrians sat quietly anyway, so why give them back the Golan?

This is the same dangerously foolish thinking that characterized the first 20 years of the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The Palestinians sat quietly, surrendered under the Israeli occupation boot, and it did not occur to anyone to return their territory. Instead, Israel established the settlements. Only when the Palestinians woke up and realized they were going to lose their lands forever did they begin a violent campaign; and only after blood was spilled, did Israel wake up from its dreams and realize that it could not hold onto all of the territories forever. Thus, with regrettable delay and years of bloodshed, the recognition of the PLO, the Oslo accords, the disengagement and the convergence were born - all partial and fake solutions meant to postpone the end of the occupation.

We did not need all of that with the Syrians - after all, they sat quietly all of these years. Now comes the war in Lebanon and proves that this was a mistake. Although the Syrians sat on the sidelines, the danger from that direction was not removed and the delusion that the Golan would forever remain in Israeli hands, without our being asked to pay for its occupation, is now slapping us in the face.

But the current war could yet turn out to be only an appetizer for the coming wars, which will be far more dangerous. The saying that time is on our side is another delusion. The Arab and Muslim world has armed, in all of this time, and the danger of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles is already hovering over our heads. The only response to that is maximum neutralization of the flashpoints, before the bomb arrives. But Israel has chosen to close its eyes and build its future on a horrifyingly temporary quiet, or on more and more war operations.

Just when territory is losing its military importance because of the development of new fighting technology, Israel is using security excuses to stay in the territories. Former-prime minister Ehud Barak criminally missed the opportunity to sign a peace treaty with Syria after he got "cold feet," as witnesses said, and retreated at the last minute. That's how it works with us. When the other side is quiet, why return territories? And when they do go to war, "there's nobody to talk to," and certainly not while we are "under fire."

While we are ready to jump on any war bandwagon, as in this time, we endlessly procrastinate when it comes to peace negotiations. Now, too, when Syria, pushed around by the U.S., desperately wants to return to the "family of nations," is an excellent time to try to make peace with it - but there are those who say now is not the time. What will the Americans say? They, after all, are against any deals with Bashar Assad of "the axis of evil."

So, there it is, another excuse to miss a golden opportunity, another mendacious excuse. As in the case of the peace with Egypt, the move that has guaranteed Israel's security for years far more than any war, and which was put together behind the America's back, America would not be able to oppose a peace agreement with Syria. Now, after we've hit Hezbollah and ruined Lebanon, the prime minister of Israel should declare: the Golan for peace. That could contribute a lot more to our security than a thousand useless daring operations in Baalbek, but it would take a lot more courage than going off to fight another unnecessary and useless war.
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  1.   Mr Gideon Levy I thank you! 11:11  |  Lebanese Jew 06/08/06
  2.   Gideon Levy The Real Estate War 11:14  |  Terry 06/08/06
  3.   Real Estate 11:14  |  Dieter Hoffmann 06/08/06
  4.   Thank you Gideon Levy 11:24  |  Jonathan 06/08/06
  5.   IMPRESSIVE 11:25  |  Jay A Friedman 06/08/06
  6.   olmert is a chicken 11:26  |  cohibano 06/08/06
  7.   on the contrary,these assertions are not in evidence, sir... 11:29  |  Elie 06/08/06
  8.   What fresh hell is this? 11:30  |  Amos Magram 06/08/06
  9.   Pipe dream 11:35  |  Richard 06/08/06
  10.   Our children & your Children 11:36  |  Syrian 06/08/06
  11.   A MISERABLE FOOL and a MISERABLE NEWSPAPER 11:37  |  Standing for Israel 06/08/06
  12.   Grow up Gideon 11:39  |  Richard 06/08/06
  13.   Real Estate, Gidon Levy and Berlin??????? 11:39  |  Northern Civillian 06/08/06
  14.   real estate war 11:40  |  camille 06/08/06
  15.   #3, Peace Now 11:45  |  Fritz 06/08/06
  16.   Levy: Skipped Over the Syrian Occupation of Lebanon 11:47  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 06/08/06
  17.   Gush Shalom 11:47  |  Rowan Berkeley 06/08/06
  18.   "getting more and more complicated for no reason at all"??? 11:51  |  AA 06/08/06
  19.   Gideon Levy 11:51  |  paul rosenbaum 06/08/06
  20.   Jordan, Lebanon, Syria were once Jewish land! 11:51  |  Daisy 06/08/06
  21.   Jordan, Lebanon, Syria were once Jewish land! 11:52  |  Daisy 06/08/06
  22.   land for peace 11:55  |  jorge ernesto toer 06/08/06
  23.   to #5 Syrian 11:56  |  Richard 06/08/06
  24.   In a democracy even fools can write an article. 11:56  |  S Judah 06/08/06
  25.   Gideon Levy a terrorist? 11:58  |  Dav 06/08/06
  26.   To Terry #2 11:58  |  Serenity 06/08/06
  27.   Gideon Levy 12:02  |  Roland 06/08/06
  28.   God bless Gideon Levy for saying this vital truth 12:03  |  Clickfool 06/08/06
  29.   One State Solution 12:04  |  Azzie 06/08/06
  30.   Oh, wait a minute, Gideon 12:10  |  Clickfool 06/08/06
  31.   Gideon Levy: Craven and Phony 12:11  |  Patricia 06/08/06
  32.   What fresh hell is this? 12:12  |  Amos Magram 06/08/06
  33.   and destruction.. 12:14  |  Perter 06/08/06
  34.   Water pipe dream 12:14  |  Bor de Wolf 06/08/06
  35.   gideon Levy 12:18  |  vered 06/08/06
  36.   jordan,lebanon, syria were once jewish land 12:22  |  robert 06/08/06
  37.   Real Estate 12:22  |  Joey 06/08/06
  38.   There will be peace in this region the day 12:23  |  Joe 06/08/06
  39.   Occupying land? 12:24  |  bob 06/08/06
  40.   to #15,16 Israel was once.... 12:25  |  NS 06/08/06
  41.   OK Daisy go back to your kitchen 12:25  |  Serenity 06/08/06
  42.   The real estate war 12:25  |  nosmo 06/08/06
  43.   Gideon please explain the return of all of Sinai, all of Gaza? 12:27  |  Isaac 06/08/06
  44.   Haaretz 12:28  |  Jonathan 06/08/06
  45.   The Real Estate War 12:29  |  Chuck 06/08/06
  46.   Gideon Levy 12:29  |  Marc 06/08/06
  47.   Syrian - will you teach your child to kill himself? 12:29  |  Richard 06/08/06
  48.   No!! No!! 12:37  |  CL 06/08/06
  49.   Northern civilian and vicious pasts 12:37  |  sh 06/08/06
  50.   Gideon When would you support Israel? 12:39  |  patriot 06/08/06
  51.   #1 Lebanese Jew and "Total Destruction of Israel" 12:42  |  Scientist 06/08/06
  52.   land for peace no longer works 12:43  |  Alon 06/08/06
  53.   Levy and Iran 12:53  |  Curious 06/08/06
  54.   Gideon Levy lives in another planet 12:53  |  MG 06/08/06
  55.   Ignorance? 12:54  |  Michael 06/08/06
  56.   didn`t you forget something ? 12:54  |  kees 06/08/06
  57.   Gideon Levy is a follower of NETUREY KARTA ideology 12:54  |  Ben 06/08/06
  58.   The real estate war 12:55  |  Lauro Merhi 06/08/06
  59.   Intelligent, incisive 12:58  |  Nadir 06/08/06
  60.   Ignorance? 13:03  |  Michael 06/08/06
  61.   God bless Gideon for his consistent lies 13:03  |  David Teich 06/08/06
  62.   Geseon Levy is a person who makes troules to own people, to Isr 13:05  |  Vital 06/08/06
  63.   Go live in "Palestine" 13:06  |  Nancy Shapira 06/08/06
  64.   Both sides of the divide 13:07  |  Walid 06/08/06
  65.   What about the three NOs ? 13:09  |  Edmond Danijean 06/08/06
  66.   Water pipe dream 13:10  |  Bor de Wolf 06/08/06
  67.   G. Levy 13:11  |  Boutros 06/08/06
  68.   The real estate war 13:17  |  Avi Lev 06/08/06
  69.   Alois Brunner, biggest Nazi war criminal is in Syria. 13:17  |  Joel Meyers 06/08/06
  70.   Interconnected 13:18  |  David 06/08/06
  71.   Gideon Levy`s view is completely in line with NETUREY KARTA 13:18  |  Ben 06/08/06
  72.   Mr. Levy and Haaretz are honest and need 13:20  |  Mark 06/08/06
  73.   Dieter Hoffman 13:22  |  Roland 06/08/06
  74.   Peace is for the Brave 13:22  |  Tore Hartveit 06/08/06
  75.   Gideon Levy lies about Barak`s offer to the Assad the dictator 13:23  |  Dan Patton 06/08/06
  76.   @2 Terry 13:26  |  Jeroen 06/08/06
  77.   Day #20 13:28  |  Roland 06/08/06
  78.   #28 changing Borders 13:30  |  Dan 06/08/06
  79.   learn from Chamberlain.. 13:31  |  Dave 06/08/06
  80.   Whee is my response 13:32  |  Azzie 06/08/06
  81.   #37 Not worth considering ! 13:34  |  peter 06/08/06
  82.   Well Said. Thank you. 13:36  |  Law Student-Yale 06/08/06
  83.   Go live with Palestinians! 13:38  |  Ariel 06/08/06
  84.   Gideon-the flagellant 13:38  |  Milan 06/08/06
  85.   Mr Gideon Levy`s comments 13:39  |  Richard 06/08/06
  86.   Gideon idealistic talk 13:39  |  NB 06/08/06
  87.   Mr.Gideon Levy ,may Israël listen to you !! 13:40  |  steve 06/08/06
  88.   YES, MR.LEVY! The self destructive moral flaw of Israel 13:42  |  Chris 06/08/06
  89.   `israels greed for land` 13:43  |  Rebecca 06/08/06
  90.   the left never learn...bet they have chutzpah 13:43  |  Ben Uziel 06/08/06
  91.   I don`t agree with Gideon Levy 13:51  |  Tulip 06/08/06
  92.   Give it all away, Gideon 13:53  |  Shaul 06/08/06
  93.   Truth hurts 13:57  |  Quentin 06/08/06
  94.   Can`t handle the truth? 13:59  |  Maral 06/08/06
  95.   War for Land 14:00  |  Sandy Feldblum 06/08/06
  96.   Roland #66 14:04  |  Dav 06/08/06
  97.   63 Joel Meyers 14:05  |  Syrian 06/08/06
  98.   ISRAELS WARS 14:07  |  Izaak 06/08/06
  99.   Yhe miserable war in Lebanon.Nourriel 14:08  |  Nourriel 06/08/06
  100.   Naive 14:09  |  Tal 06/08/06
  101.   To Tulip, mr. Levy is right! 14:12  |  Jeroen 06/08/06
  102.   Jewishness and Germanness 14:15  |  christoph 06/08/06
  103.   I thought you were not so stupid, Levy 14:15  |  Alain 06/08/06
  104.   A question of trust 14:26  |  Jack 06/08/06
  105.   Gideon Levy - excellent assessment. 14:27  |  Tony Price 06/08/06
  106.   Gideon Levy = The Enemy from Within 14:28  |  Judith 06/08/06
  107.   #68 Joel Meyers; Alois Brunner in Syria? So what? 14:32  |  Peter Vos 06/08/06
  108.   Comments show Gideon is right 14:34  |  Gray 06/08/06
  109.   Nasrallah couldn`t have said it better.... 14:35  |  John Hechtlinger 06/08/06
  110.   Israel missed historic chance 4 peace 14:37  |  Palestinian Voice 06/08/06
  111.   Gideon Levy 14:41  |  Yariv 06/08/06
  112.   Praise to Gideon Levy, the real brave man. 14:42  |  world citizen 06/08/06
  113.   Levy`s way 14:43  |  Tony hanna 06/08/06
  114.   Y dont you jews return all palestinians n lebanese prisoners!!! 14:44  |  Steve 06/08/06
  115.   The road to peace passes through justice 14:45  |  Rene Grypma 06/08/06
  116.   Rebecca #86: Gaza Strip given back? 14:48  |  Gray 06/08/06
  117.   Great analysis 14:49  |  Jeremiah 06/08/06
  118.   El Corresponsal 14:53  |  David SEgal 06/08/06
  119.   SADAT WAS PROVEN GUILTY 14:56  |  indrajaya 06/08/06
  120.   IF U don`t understand Levy, u r brainwahsed 14:57  |  Sam 06/08/06
  121.   To Judith and the enemy within 14:58  |  Jeroen 06/08/06
  122.   gideon levy 15:00  |  steve 06/08/06
  123.   Thank you Gideon, now I know what`s going on 15:04  |  Sinan Torunoglu 06/08/06
  124.   Izaak #98, that`s mindboggling! 15:05  |  Gray 06/08/06
  125.   A good Israeli and a good man 15:07  |  Nasrudiin 06/08/06
  126.   Levy - SELFISH HUMANIST 15:07  |  FOX 06/08/06
  127.   Shaul and others who wish Levy et al would go away 15:08  |  sh 06/08/06
  128.   # 109 : You are an idiot ! 15:10  |  Nathan 06/08/06
  129.   How stoned are you when you write this drivel? 15:14  |  Eric 06/08/06
  130.   The offer of King Fahd in 2002 is great for Israel 15:19  |  Nabil - Lebanese 06/08/06
  131.   What are the Israelis afraid of 15:20  |  Sam 06/08/06
  132.   # 109 : Get your facts rights ! 15:22  |  Nathan 06/08/06
  133.   realism - not fantasy please! 15:24  |  mike 06/08/06
  134.   To Eric 127 15:27  |  Debbie 06/08/06
  135.   to the MIRCAVA PEACE MAKERS 15:28  |  lebanese pacific 06/08/06
  136.   Gideon Levy`s estate 15:31  |  Emanuel 06/08/06
  137.   Eric# 124, how ignorant are you? 15:31  |  Gray 06/08/06
  138.   Cencorship in Haharetz? 15:33  |  david segal 06/08/06
  139.   Stoned 15:36  |  Prof.Thomas P. Head 06/08/06
  140.   Mr Levy 15:36  |  John 06/08/06
  141.   A LIABILITY FACTOR FOR PEACE 15:38  |  indrajaya 06/08/06
  142.   El Corresponsal 15:40  |  david segal 06/08/06
  143.   to all who do not agree with G.Levy. And to Steve # 87 15:42  |  kameel 06/08/06
  144.   Of course there`s censorship on Haaretz 15:44  |  Clickfool 06/08/06
  145.   Nabil #128, sudden friendlyness is a fantasy.. 15:44  |  Gray 06/08/06
  146.   gideon this is the solution 15:46  |  egyptian 06/08/06
  147.   Lebanese Pacific #131 15:47  |  FOX 06/08/06
  148.   Disingenous Gideon Levy ignores evidence 15:51  |  Bernard Rosss 06/08/06
  149.   Nabil-Lebanese? Projecting 15:52  |  FOX 06/08/06
  150.   Mr. Levy 15:54  |  Richard 06/08/06
  151.   Be Quiet Mr Levy 15:56  |  Adama 06/08/06
  152.   Prophet Never Hailed in His Own Land 15:57  |  Earnest Lee 06/08/06
  153.   Dhimmi editorial 15:58  |  ace 06/08/06
  154.   # 46 Marc re G Levy 16:01  |  Sydney 06/08/06
  155.   Paranoia: "the muslim and arab world want Israel destroyed and al 16:02  |  PW 06/08/06
  156.   gideon levy`s article 16:02  |  beatrice puja 06/08/06
  157.   Proud Moral Israeli 16:04  |  Naomi 06/08/06
  158.   Real Estate War 16:05  |  Joe Mundy 06/08/06
  159.   Thinking is revolutionary... 16:06  |  Oscar 06/08/06
  160.   Mr Levy YoU Are Great 16:08  |  ABe 06/08/06
  161.   Gideon Levy 16:09  |  Maxine 06/08/06
  162.   Fighting to hold onto a tiny piece of land 16:11  |  Ros G 06/08/06
  163.   Jews and bicyclists responsible for wars 16:11  |  Gene 06/08/06
  164.   Voice of reason 16:13  |  Fred A 06/08/06
  165.   Brutal! 16:17  |  Dierre 06/08/06
  166.   Time for a WAR CONFERENCE 16:17  |  Oscar 06/08/06
  167.   Why Hariri was murdered 16:18  |  Prof. Head 06/08/06
  168.   EXCELLENT ARTICLE !!! 16:22  |  Louis P. 06/08/06
  169.   To #89 Rebecca, get the facts 16:22  |  Sam 06/08/06
  170.   lEFTIST DO NOT BELIEVE IN ANTI-SEMITES 16:23  |  Prof. Head 06/08/06
  171.   You seem to have forgotten one thing 16:25  |  Len 06/08/06
  172.   Levy and Land 16:26  |  LEONARD 06/08/06
  173.   Different planet 16:27  |  Gilad Gross 06/08/06
  174.   WE TOLD YOU SO. 16:28  |  Debbie 06/08/06
  175.   the war in Lebanon 16:29  |  iris 06/08/06
  176.   real estate war 16:29  |  Yaacov 06/08/06
  177.   the war in Lebanon 16:29  |  iris 06/08/06
  178.   the war in Lebanon 16:29  |  iris 06/08/06
  179.   to all who can only think in hate and believe it to be rationalis 16:29  |  just some Dutchman 06/08/06
  180.   Gideon Levy is crazy! 16:29  |  Ariel B. 06/08/06
  181.   Gideon is a moron 16:29  |  Ted 06/08/06
  182.   Excellent article. One of the best on the net 16:32  |  Natalie 06/08/06
  183.   Prof #149: Israel wants a FREE LEBANON? 16:32  |  Gray 06/08/06
  184.   The Poor Innocent Children 16:35  |  Ariel B. 06/08/06
  185.   Click you are a fool 16:37  |  tal 06/08/06
  186.   Bravo 16:39  |  Abdellah 06/08/06
  187.   Anti-semitism... 16:40  |  Andres 06/08/06
  188.   #160 Some Dutchman 16:42  |  Prof. Head 06/08/06
  189.   real estate war #14 16:44  |  Shimon 06/08/06
  190.   The real estate war 16:44  |  Reuven 06/08/06
  191.   Land? 16:50  |  Burt 06/08/06
  192.   To Mr. Gray re #166 16:50  |  Prof. Head 06/08/06
  193.   To #154 Len 16:55  |  Jeroen 06/08/06
  194.   To David Segal re: censorship 16:55  |  Sam 06/08/06
  195.   #167 Yes, really, the poor innocent children :( 16:56  |  Gray 06/08/06
  196.   #169 Andres; Anti-semitism... 16:56  |  Peter Vos 06/08/06
  197.   Peace is possible 16:57  |  W 06/08/06
  198.   MANY, MANY ISRAELIS AGREE WITH GIDEON LEVY, FOR DECADES NOW. 16:58  |  Smadar 06/08/06
  199.   To Nabil and all Lebanese and Palestinians 16:59  |  Jack 06/08/06
  200.   Gideon Levy 17:00  |  Barbara 06/08/06
  201.   to prf Head, # 170 17:00  |  some Dutchman 06/08/06
  202.   To Prof. Head 17:01  |  Jeroen 06/08/06
  203.   #174 Prof, you`re a bit confused? 17:01  |  Gray 06/08/06
  204.   HATE MESSAGES !!?? 17:02  |  Louis P. 06/08/06
  205.   The real estate war 17:03  |  Robert Gould 06/08/06
  206.   if i ever become mentally incapacitated 17:05  |  sol 06/08/06
  207.   Hit the nail on the head Mr. Levy 17:07  |  NYC guy 06/08/06
  208.   This is NOT about real estate 17:08  |  Hanoch 06/08/06
  209.   But there`s a little point you forgot 17:08  |  messy 06/08/06
  210.   #194: Don`t you all live in bizarro land? 17:09  |  Gray 06/08/06
  211.   Great analysis 17:12  |  Wael 06/08/06
  212.   #94 and moderate Arabs 17:12  |  Stuart 06/08/06
  213.   To # 167, The poor innocent children 17:13  |  Doc 06/08/06
  214.   #197 Where have you read this? 17:14  |  Gray 06/08/06
  215.   gideon 17:14  |  john 06/08/06
  216.   To Mr. Gray, his bewilderment 17:15  |  Prof. Head 06/08/06
  217.   185 17:15  |  Gene 06/08/06
  218.   #200: Amen, Doc! 17:18  |  Gray 06/08/06
  219.   @197 messy: that`s true? 17:21  |  Jeroen 06/08/06
  220.   Louis P. re #188 17:21  |  Prof. Head 06/08/06
  221.   Peace activism with Katiushas up the Gideons ass 17:25  |  Sal 06/08/06
  222.   An American`s View 17:27  |  Bill McGurney 06/08/06
  223.   wow im very impressed 17:30  |  schneur 06/08/06
  224.   war born in israels greed for land ? 17:34  |  yahn 06/08/06
  225.   Hit a nerve again, did he? 17:34  |  Jenna 06/08/06
  226.   ...to poor Gideon...you no publishing me...you feel...BINGO!!! 17:34  |  abraham...mico 06/08/06
  227.   Again what a man !!!!real hero 17:35  |  Haytham 06/08/06
  228.   Prof, you have the monopoly on suffering? 17:36  |  Gray 06/08/06
  229.   Sal 17:37  |  Haytham 06/08/06
  230.   re #155 Oscar is Myopic 17:39  |  Prof. Head 06/08/06
  231.   Daisy, you need to get your facts straight 17:40  |  Disgusted 06/08/06
  232.   With egypt, the return to 1967 borders was good for Israel 17:41  |  Nabil - Lebanese 06/08/06
  233.   Incorrect - It`s about Islamic Hating the World 17:41  |  berta 06/08/06
  234.   The Nile To The Euphrates, baby 17:41  |  Ben Plonie 06/08/06
  235.   G.Levy to the "Pantheon" 17:45  |  Baba 06/08/06
  236.   gray#136 17:49  |  Yariv 06/08/06
  237.   If Israel wants Peace 17:49  |  For Peace 06/08/06
  238.   barbara is a nice example of religous fundamentalism 17:53  |  some Dutchman 06/08/06
  239.   Take Responsibility For Your Flaws 17:53  |  American 06/08/06
  240.   Gideon Levy, Israeli Hero! 17:56  |  Gil T. 06/08/06
  241.   Bill McGurney 17:58  |  Yariv 06/08/06
  242.   The Real Estate War 18:01  |  Tim 06/08/06
  243.   To Bill McGurney 18:02  |  Jack 06/08/06
  244.   108 An American`s View 18:02  |  Reuven 06/08/06
  245.   PLEASE ISRAEL 18:04  |  Bkuo 06/08/06
  246.   There is only one answer to our problems... 18:07  |  The Banker 06/08/06
  247.   Impressive article 18:07  |  Alchemist 06/08/06
  248.   1 18:07  |  CAtherine 06/08/06
  249.   Wishfull thinking 18:10  |  Azoulay 06/08/06
  250.   Here he`s goes again 18:13  |  B. Schaepdryver 06/08/06
  251.   The real estate war 18:14  |  Oman 06/08/06
  252.   Gideon Levy : Land for Peace 18:21  |  jd will 06/08/06
  253.   Where goest mankind? 18:25  |  John 06/08/06
  254.   gideon levy 18:27  |  A Friend 06/08/06
  255.   yes levi, every war is a result of Jewish greed 18:29  |  Gaby 06/08/06
  256.   Mr. Gray, quite passionate of you 18:30  |  Prof Head 06/08/06
  257.   Haaretz 18:31  |  Gabe1 06/08/06
  258.   God Bless Gideon Levy 22:31  |  Amna 06/08/06
  259.   to#273ezkiel 22:25  |  anil 06/08/06
  260.   Mr Levy, Known anti semites in Canada will quote you this week 22:25  |  Max Zinger 06/08/06
  261.   To prof Head #167 22:25  |  Oscar 06/08/06
  262.   TO RED SHIELD .... quoting from SHARON ey?? 22:24  |  ZENA 06/08/06
  263.   Now people will quote this Israeli writer 22:23  |  Cynic 06/08/06
  264.   # 291 Boruch 22:22  |  Carl 06/08/06
  265.   Gideon: you`re right, of course, but only half right 22:20  |  Kol ha-Nevi`im 06/08/06
  266.   the real estate war 22:20  |  raymond deane 06/08/06
  267.   Mr. Levy is correct 22:17  |  a 06/08/06
  268.   # 294 Tod 22:16  |  Carl 06/08/06
  269.   An American`s Question 22:12  |  Paul 06/08/06
  270.   Our children & your children, indeed 22:11  |  Tammy 06/08/06
  271.   What about 1948-1967? (3) 22:11  |  DJStahl 06/08/06
  272.   Gaza is Syria (2) 22:08  |  DJStahl 06/08/06
  273.   The illegitimate Hashemite occupation of southeastern Syria (1) 22:07  |  DJStahl 06/08/06
  274.   Levy mimics our enemies 22:03  |  Steven Fishbein 06/08/06
  275.   Gideon you`re an idiot 21:50  |  sg 06/08/06
  276.   To Wahbi #323 - You are the one who hates Islam! 21:50  |  B. Schaepdryver 06/08/06
  277.   gideom levy 21:48  |  Zofora 06/08/06
  278.   Olmert is Jimmy Durante 21:43  |  John 06/08/06
  279.   Mr. Gideon Levy, You Are a Prophet! 21:42  |  Peter Chamms 06/08/06
  280.   # 36 Robert 21:40  |  Carl 06/08/06
  281.   What the Palenstinians mean by "Justice" 21:40  |  Larry Feinstein 06/08/06
  282.   # 35 vered 21:37  |  Carl 06/08/06
  283.   It is about the LAND, the HAARETZ!!!! 21:36  |  ss 06/08/06
  284.   Gideon Levy, voice of sanity 21:36  |  bfreesun 06/08/06
  285.   Israel`s Arrogance is to blame 21:36  |  Hajj Hassan 06/08/06
  286.   I thought that this kind of idiotic argument 21:31  |  Dani 06/08/06
  287.   # 344 Sergio 21:31  |  Carl 06/08/06
  288.   reply to Real Estate, Gideon Levy & Berlin????????? 21:30  |  Yas 06/08/06
  289.   A Sane Peace Plan 21:28  |  Mersenne 06/08/06
  290.   Real Estate, Honesty, and Good Faith 21:27  |  Ray 06/08/06
  291.   Rules of the game have changed 21:25  |  Stanley 06/08/06
  292.   Blood all over Israeli Hands 21:25  |  Sara 06/08/06
  293.   Hey Levi, then why was it that Israel fought in 67 21:23  |  Jorge 06/08/06
  294.   # 29 Azzie 21:22  |  Carl 06/08/06
  295.   Can someone please explain who allah... 21:21  |  Ezekiel 06/08/06
  296.   Math 101 21:19  |  Sergio 06/08/06
  297.   # 25 Dav 21:17  |  Carl 06/08/06
  298.   Thanks 21:17  |  Kristian 06/08/06
  299.   ISRAELI FASCISTS!! 21:12  |  Nick 06/08/06
  300.   # 24 S Judah (?!) 21:11  |  Carl 06/08/06
  301.   Peace takes courage.Israelis prefer land 21:07  |  BB 06/08/06
  302.   # 22 21:06  |  Carl 06/08/06
  303.   #342...bravo bravo 21:04  |  Perter 06/08/06
  304.   # 20 Daisy 21:04  |  Carl 06/08/06
  305.   Gideon Levy: The real existential question to Israel.. 21:03  |  Mario 06/08/06
  306.   TOTAL NONSENSE 21:02  |  ray 06/08/06
  307.   The only people that agree with you. 21:01  |  g 06/08/06
  308.   There are still idiots who think withdrawal is solution 20:57  |  Boruch 06/08/06
  309.   MR GIDEON FOR PM OF ISRAEL!!!!! 20:52  |  Nick W 06/08/06
  310.   Israel in a nutshell 20:51  |  Aaron Levitt 06/08/06
  311.   This Moron Never Changes 20:51  |  Tod Zuckerman 06/08/06
  312.   The real estate war: Terry 20:46  |  Kay 06/08/06
  313.   #12 Richard 20:45  |  Carl 06/08/06
  314.   RE: Red Shield (#318) masquerading as a Jew 20:45  |  Roi 06/08/06
  315.   DAISY - WAKE UP 20:43  |  Paul 06/08/06
  316.   #11 Standing for Israel (??!!) 20:42  |  Carl 06/08/06
  317.   To #20 ..Jewish land 20:41  |  LIv 06/08/06
  318.   It didn`t seem like a disaster at the time 20:41  |  Mark Lincoln 06/08/06
  319.   It didn`t seem like a disaster at the time 20:40  |  Mark Lincoln 06/08/06
  320.   the obvious is ignored 20:39  |  shelley 06/08/06
  321.   Response #16, Ovadiah ben Abraham, Jerusalem. 20:37  |  sandra chitayat 06/08/06
  322.   Syrian 20:37  |  Sylvia 06/08/06
  323.   Golan and Shebaa. 20:34  |  sandra chitayat 06/08/06
  324.   Painful truth 20:34  |  Adi 06/08/06
  325.   The Real Estate War 20:34  |  Max 06/08/06
  326.   #9 Richard 20:33  |  Carl 06/08/06
  327.   #8 Amos 20:30  |  Carl 06/08/06
  328.   Necessary last move 20:30  |  George 06/08/06
  329.   The FACTS DISPROVE the REAL ESTATE THESIS: 20:30  |  Michigan 06/08/06
  330.   GIDEON LEVY SHOULD SEEK A JOB AS A CNN NEWS COMMENTATOR 20:29  |  PhiloEvraios 06/08/06
  331.   # 111 Yariv 02:44  |  Carl 07/08/06
  332.   Levy for PM 02:43  |  peace lover 07/08/06
  333.   Wishful Thinking 02:37  |  Truth stands 07/08/06
  334.   Palestinian Voice 02:36  |  Carl 07/08/06
  335.   Mr Levy and his critics 02:36  |  Marylander 07/08/06
  336.   Thanks Gideon !!! 02:29  |  Major Tom 07/08/06
  337.   # 109 John Hechtlinger 02:27  |  Carl 07/08/06
  338.   Gideon Levy ignores pre-1987 Palestinian violence 02:25  |  A reader 07/08/06
  339.   Gideon Levy 02:20  |  Lilly 07/08/06
  340.   Doc #453 02:19  |  Gabe1 07/08/06
  341.   Stuck in a history lesson 02:16  |  Kamal 07/08/06
  342.   # 106 Judith 02:15  |  Carl 07/08/06
  343.   Todah Rabah(Thanks) Gideon Levy... 02:14  |  Texas Cowboy 07/08/06
  344.   # 454 02:13  |  ChanahS 07/08/06
  345.   My name for this farce is better 02:12  |  Jay 07/08/06
  346.   THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT ISRAEL`S SINFUL GREED 02:09  |  Dutch 07/08/06
  347.   nonsense Daisy 02:09  |  hannah 07/08/06
  348.   The real estate war:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah,http://en 02:00  |  Rola 07/08/06
  349.   # 101 Jeroen 01:58  |  Carl 07/08/06
  350.   TO #441 TOM AND IQ 01:58  |  JAN 07/08/06
  351.   Water is the key thing 01:57  |  Peace Maker 07/08/06
  352.   The real estate war 01:56  |  Akram Malik 07/08/06
  353.   # 100 Tal Toronto 01:53  |  Carl 07/08/06
  354.   Gideon Levy Article 01:52  |  Doug Thompson 07/08/06
  355.   Mr Levy see`s the writing on the wall. 01:49  |  Michael 07/08/06
  356.   Right line 01:45  |  Lebanese Christian 07/08/06
  357.   response to #198 01:41  |  M. Shaheen 07/08/06
  358.   Another Fool 01:40  |