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Last update - 00:00 01/10/2006 Operation Peace for the Winery By Gideon Levy What do you call a rejection of peace that is liable to lead to war? What is the term for a state that is not even willing to sit at the negotiating table with the head of a state who publicly issues an explicit peace proposal? If there is a positive angle to the Israeli refusal to consider the Syrian president's proposals, it is the exposure of the bitter truth: Israel does not want peace with Syria - period. No linguistic trick or diplomatic contortion can change this unequivocal fact. We will no longer be able to declare that we are seeking peace with our neighbors; we are not turning toward them for peace. In the Middle East, a new rejectionist axis has formed: Israel and the United States, which is saying "no" to Syria. Not only is Iran endangering peace in the region, Israel is too. It would be best for us to admit this. Common sense makes it difficult to understand and the heart refuses to accept how it happened that an important Arab state offered to forge a peace accord with us and we arrogantly rebuffed it. "It's not the right time," the statesmen in Jerusalem say. With Syria, it is not the right time. With the Palestinians, it is not the right partner. And when is the right time? Only after the next war. This type of refusal, which is liable to lead to another cycle of bloodshed, is a crime. Behind the latest Israeli refusal is cowardice and behind this cowardice is the prime minister. Ehud Olmert knows very well that Israel will ultimately withdraw from the Golan Heights, but he lacks the courage to lead this move. Just like his predecessor, Ehud Barak, who was on the verge of an agreement with Syria, Olmert also lacks the most important quality required of an Israeli leader - courage. Advertisement Especially after the fiasco of the war in Lebanon, with his public standing at a nearly unsalvageable low, one might have expected that Olmert would try to lead a bold move - a relatively easy one when compared to peace with the Palestinians. But Olmert is A-F-R-A-I-D. Perhaps he is afraid of Israeli protestors outside his home, or maybe of America turning up its nose. These are not sufficient reasons to refrain from putting Assad's intentions to the test. Because what do we have to lose? Let's assume that Assad is not ready to live up to his words. Let's assume that he is not capable of signing an agreement with Israel. Why not challenge him? What hair would fall from Israel's head if Olmert would take up the Syrian gauntlet and tell Assad: Let's meet. Instead, Zhdanov-Olmert forbids his ministers from speaking in favor of negotiations and even threatens to expel them from the government. Olmert is more cowardly than Barak: He is not even ready to come to the negotiating table. History will remember him, therefore, as someone who torpedoed a possible peace accord that could have changed the face of the Middle East. This is a more severe failure than embarking on the futile war in Lebanon. When the next war with Syria breaks out - a war that will be immeasurably more difficult than the one with Lebanon - we will remember well who is responsible for it. There will be no need for a commission of inquiry on this. The Golan Heights are desolate. Perhaps "The people are with the Golan," but the people stopped coming to the Golan Heights a long time ago. During Rosh Hashanah, hikers kept away from this gorgeous piece of land. Anyone who visited there saw roads without any human presence, eternally rocky fields and some settlements whose fate was decreed long ago. So why should we keep the Golan Heights at the price of war? Is it conceivable that because of territorial lustfulness we will bring about another war, the "Peace for the Winery" war? Are a successful winery and prosperous factory for mineral water enough to affix us to an occupied land, which has no value except for its grapes and clear waters? After all, in the era of missiles, no one can speak seriously any more about the Golan Heights as a "strategic asset." The Golan Heights is occupied land, despite the annexation law we enacted, which no country in the world has recognized, and its Israeli settlers are like any other settlers. Who decided that a resident of Itamar was an "extremist" settler, while a resident of Merom Golan was a different kind of settler - one of us? A hidden hand determined that in Israeli consciousness the Golan Heights was not occupied and its residents were not, like other settlers, in violation of international law. But this is a ridiculous word game we play with ourselves. Just as peace seekers in Israel should boycott products originating in the West Bank settlements, the same should apply to the products of the Golan Heights. They originate in a land that is not ours. Questions of morality that still surface here and there in regard to the act of occupying the West Bank and Gaza Strip are not on the agenda at all when it comes to the Golan Heights. Who remembers that about 100,000 people who lived in the Golan Heights were forced to flee their homes in 1967? The ruins of their homes are still on the Golan Heights and they live in refugee camps near Damascus. They, too, long for their land, while the residents who remained live under Israeli occupation, albeit a relatively comfortable occupation. In a situation in which the prime minister is too cowardly to respond to the Syrian proposal, a cry of protest should have arisen from those who wish to prevent the next war, especially after the last one. If the IDF reservists and the rest of the protest movements want to also do something to prevent the next war and not just rummage through the previous one, they should issue a determined cry to say "yes" to peace with Syria. Syria's conditions are clear and simple, and even just - peace for land - and the impression is that there is a partner in Damascus. A meeting with the foreign minister of Oman is good for making headlines and a secret meeting with a Saudi prince sparks the imagination, but peace must be made with Syria and the Palestinians. Syria said yes, Israel said no. For reasons we know and remember well, there is no better time than Yom Kippur to think about this. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Proposed sanctions Dutch Labor Party proposes sanctions against Israel if it thwarts peace process. False alarm Delta flight gets IAF fighter jet escort after pilot activates anti-hijack warning system.   1.   "a head of state who publicly issues a peace 11:10  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   2.   gideon levy has a period. 11:11  |  edward gibbon 01/10/06   3.   "olmert lacks courage" 11:14  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   4.   ALL ISRAELIS WANT PEACE WITH SYRIA-BUT AT WHAT RISK?? 11:18  |  Mitch Iginer 01/10/06   5.   "in the era of missiles" 11:20  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   6.   gideon levy "and one of us" 11:22  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   7.   "peace for a winery" 11:25  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   8.   Excuses, excuses 11:26  |  Maral 01/10/06   9.   Wine for Peace 11:28  |  Paul usiskin 01/10/06   10.   To all my critics. 11:36  |  Maureen Ann 01/10/06   11.   To zadoc the priest #1 11:43  |  David 01/10/06   12.   WHAT DOES G-D`S WORD SAY ABOUT PEACE WITH SYRIA ?? 11:44  |  Bill. 01/10/06   13.   The heresy of obviousness 11:48  |  Peter Dale 01/10/06   14.   #9 11:54  |  Peter Dale 01/10/06   15.   maral"and as for thinking you do not such thing" 11:54  |  lord byron 01/10/06   16.   maral"what a petulant state in deep slumber" 11:55  |  lord byron 01/10/06   17.   Israel does want peace 11:56  |  barry 01/10/06   18.   stupid zadok 12:05  |  John of Jordan 01/10/06   19.   No, Maral: What Assad proposed... 12:08  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/06   20.   A gibbon is a monkey 12:09  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/06   21.   david and egyptian dictator 12:20  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   22.   Levy, the whiner for Syria 12:21  |  Jonathan S 01/10/06   23.   I actually LIKE Lord Byron... 12:24  |  Maral 01/10/06   24.   So avant garde 12:27  |  Gordon Shifman 01/10/06   25.   ISRAEL HAS HELD THE GOLAN HEIGHT FOR AS LONG AS SYRIA HAS - 12:29  |  Ben 01/10/06   26.   Golan 12:31  |  howiej 01/10/06   27.   "peace" 12:31  |  christoph 01/10/06   28.   Syria wants to destroy Israel period! 12:34  |  anti-Gideon 01/10/06   29.   Margie 12:34  |  Maral 01/10/06   30.   #Barry17 12:41  |  Peter Dale 01/10/06   31.   No 14 12:44  |  Paul Usiskin 01/10/06   32.   john of jordan "its too easy" 12:46  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   33.   Pseudo elitocratic? 12:50  |  Paul Usiskin 01/10/06   34.   maral" i actually like lord byron" says she breathlessly 12:50  |  lord byron 01/10/06   35.   Gdeon should convert. Period. 12:51  |  Patrick 01/10/06   36.   Maral 12:53  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/06   37.   Ben#25 12:54  |  Peter Dale 01/10/06   38.   maureen and gideon 13:01  |  bev 01/10/06   39.   zadok 13:06  |  bev 01/10/06   40.   margie of tel aviv 13:18  |  edward gibbon 01/10/06   41.   Peter Dale 13:18  |  bev 01/10/06   42.   Then, Margie... 13:23  |  Maral 01/10/06   43.   And, you pompous kin... 13:24  |  Maral 01/10/06   44.   What Olmert Said 13:25  |  Karim 01/10/06   45.   of course israel wants no syrian peace 13:27  |  obviously 01/10/06   46.   zeev "tell me who will look silly" 13:28  |  shylock 01/10/06   47.   #37Peter-It is at most disputed and subject to negotiation.. 13:32  |  Ben 01/10/06   48.   maral "the deeds of sheba are in the hands of lebanese farmers" 13:41  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   49.   Karim 13:49  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/06   50.   howiej 13:51  |  John 01/10/06   51.   "Peace" with Syria 13:52  |  Giles K. 01/10/06   52.   maral and the sheba farms 13:53  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   53.   Maral, then... 13:54  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/06   54.   Maral, then... 13:54  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/06   55.   Maureen Ann 13:55  |  rich 01/10/06   56.   maral and syrian games 13:55  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   57.   Maral, as an optional extra 13:56  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/06   58.   maral the cliches continue apace 13:58  |  lord byron 01/10/06   59.   silly article misses the point 14:00  |  rich 01/10/06   60.   zeev to interlocutor 14:01  |  shylock 01/10/06   61.   much more than Syria 14:04  |  FrouFrou 01/10/06   62.   Zadok, one thing 14:12  |  Maral 01/10/06   63.   Peter Dale 14:12  |  rich 01/10/06   64.   Byron 14:14  |  Maral 01/10/06   65.   Karim 14:15  |  rich 01/10/06   66.   Syria simply has to declare peace. Too complex for Levy. 14:20  |  Bennie 01/10/06   67.   froufrou you are trivial like your name 14:24  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/06   68.   maral is wilfully misleading us 14:31  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   69.   maral "the withdrawl of syria from lebanon 14:34  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   70.   maral "syria has problems admitting lebanon is a sovreign state" 14:36  |  zadok the priest 01/10/06   71.   So easy to comment when you do not live under fire 14:43  |  Avrum 01/10/06   72.   Gideon`s deranged history 14:50  |  David Teich 01/10/06   73.   #12 -- Bill R. from "Chi-Chi?" 14:52  |  Yaakov K. 01/10/06   74.   The silly prophecies of a failed journalist 14:56  |  Not Gidon Levy 01/10/06   75.   #25 YOUR MATHEMATICS ARE WRONG 14:56  |  paul harris 01/10/06   76.   I fully endorse Gidon Levy`s brilliant thesis - masterful! 14:57  |  Neville Chamberlain 01/10/06   77.   #33 I AM PRAGMATIC MR USISKIN BUT YOU ARE NOT 14:59  |  paul harris 01/10/06   78.   #Bev 15:02  |  Peter Dale 01/10/06   79.   Israel should be grateful for Syria`s Assad family! 15:27  |  Le Maudit Anglais 01/10/06   80.   To #10 Maureen of Bathurst 15:29  |  Yossi 01/10/06   81.   Hard Way Twards Peace 15:35  |  Salam 01/10/06   82.   #63Rich 15:39  |  Peter Dale 01/10/06   83.   Paid Fools barking at the moon 15:41  |  B 01/10/06   84.   A question of morality 15:44  |  Alatalena 01/10/06   85.   #71 15:44  |  Peter Dale 01/10/06   86.   #63 rich pt.2 15:50  |  Peter Dale 01/10/06   87.   Zardot, it really is pretty simple 15:53  |  Johnboy 01/10/06   88.   Sheba is Lebanon because of land deeds? 16:03  |  rehovot 01/10/06   89.   Gideon Levy lies about Golan Heights. It was never part of Syria 16:03  |  Joel Meyers 01/10/06   90.   #47 Ben. Sorry chum, but you are wrong 16:06  |  Johnboy 01/10/06   91.   #66 Bennie - I think I see a flaw in you argument 16:19  |  Johnboy 01/10/06   92.   Operation Peace 16:20  |  Martin 01/10/06   93.   Response to 71 16:26  |  Bruriah Sarah 01/10/06   94.   Zadok # 1 16:27  |  Maxime 01/10/06   95.   Zadok # 3 16:36  |  Maxime 01/10/06   96.   #65 Rich asks a question 16:36  |  Johnboy 01/10/06   97.   Suppose they made peace, and it worked! Let?s try that posit for 16:37  |  Le Maudit Anglais 01/10/06   98.   Gideon Levy: Nah, Keep the Golan 16:43  |  Jeff Northridge 01/10/06   99.   Mitch Iginer 17:07  |  Walid 01/10/06   100.   Zadok # 5 17:10  |  Maxime 01/10/06   101.   Paul Usiskin 17:19  |  Walid 01/10/06   102.   Haaretz and Gidon Levi 17:19  |  Tim Johnson 01/10/06   103.   Nobody lay a hand on my win*hic*on my Golan 17:19  |  Otz Chiim 01/10/06   104.   Isareli govt would rather fight than sitting in same table 17:33  |  omolll 01/10/06   105.   Ben # 25 17:33  |  Maxime 01/10/06   106.   to #63 Peter Dale 17:36  |  George 01/10/06   107.   Zadock the Priest 17:47  |  Walid 01/10/06   108.   The U.S. connection 17:47  |  hollingsworth 01/10/06   109.   Levy - A Separate Reality 18:11  |  Tod Zuckerrman 01/10/06   110.   Margie in Tel aviv 18:16  |  Walid 01/10/06   111.   Shame on Olmert 18:20  |  Ben Gurion 01/10/06   112.   Gideon is right 18:24  |  Marilyn 01/10/06   113.   Haaretz Censors....why on earth would you censor this? 18:27  |  Le Maudit Anglais 01/10/06   114.   SYRIA IS NOT ATTACKING YOU 18:28  |  Marilyn 01/10/06   115.   Egypt and Syria have the solution 19:10  |  tom hill 01/10/06   116.   GOLAN WINERY KNEW YEARS AGO HAD TO LOOK FOR NEW FERTILE LAND 19:27  |  Smadar 01/10/06   117.   #32 Zadok 19:35  |  john of Jordan 01/10/06   118.   #78 Ben Gurian 19:57  |  john of Jordan 01/10/06   119.   Karim yours #44 19:59  |  Sranger 01/10/06   120.   marilyn 20:00  |  bev 01/10/06   121.   Golan 20:10  |  Yariv 01/10/06   122.   Marilyn 20:11  |  Jasmine Murphy 01/10/06   123.   Marilyn - peace or despair 20:42  |  Mendel the Mean 01/10/06   124.   #35 - Gideon should convert 20:51  |  Domingo 01/10/06   125.   Gideon Levy 20:54  |  Elmas 01/10/06   126.   our leadership 21:05  |  Sarah 01/10/06   127.   Gideon is right 21:57  |  Amin Nusseibeh 01/10/06   128.   Discovering ZION through reading HAARETZ 22:08  |  maureen Ann 01/10/06   129.   Ben #25 22:28  |  melchizedek 01/10/06   130.   Israel Can always reclaim Gaza,Golan etc.. 22:40  |  Edo Levi 01/10/06   131.   Bruriah Sarah#92 23:09  |  Peter Dale 01/10/06   132.   Peter Dale 23:20  |  rich 01/10/06   133.   Peter Dale pt2 23:29  |  rich 01/10/06   134.   funny Maureen 23:31  |  Joe 01/10/06   135.   OH....MAUREEN ANN I have a proof 23:42  |  Stranger 01/10/06   136.   johnboy in australia 23:46  |  rich 01/10/06   137.   to Amin 23:47  |  Joe 01/10/06   138.   john of Jordan is a man to admire! # 115 23:51  |  Le Maudit Anglais 01/10/06   139.   Johnboy no 2 23:53  |  rich 01/10/06   140.   melchizedek 23:57  |  whoopsie 01/10/06   141.   Gideon Levy is a shortsighted fool. Period 00:39  |  Vittorio 02/10/06   142.   Making peace with syria means giving up the Golan heights 01:24  |  fatima 02/10/06   143.   #STRANGER, ever so glad to hear you didn`t kill Jesus 02:43  |  maureen Ann 02/10/06   144.   # 142 Fatima..Of course they want more land! 02:54  |  Le Maudit Anglais 02/10/06   145.   #Joe/ well I have a lot of countries choose from... 03:18  |  MaureenAnn 02/10/06   146.   maureen 03:31  |  bev 02/10/06   147.   Return of The Golan 04:30  |  Michael Katz 02/10/06   148.   #Bev in Toronto/theres more....... 04:45  |  MaureenAnn 02/10/06   149.   INSIGNIFICANCE OF GOLAN HEIGHTS AND SHABA FARMS 05:19  |  Lebanese 02/10/06   150.   Regectionist Axis is 40 Years old. 05:42  |  Thompson 02/10/06   151.   Gideon, change your name.... 06:26  |  Blogowitz 02/10/06   152.   Opportunity lost 06:36  |  maoriboy 02/10/06   153.   #128 maureen ann YOU ARE 1800 years behind the times 07:11  |  paul harris 02/10/06   154.   #145 MAUREEN ANN CATHOLICS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE FORE FRONT 07:16  |  paul harris 02/10/06   155.   FORCE PEOPLE TO FLEE FOR FUN 07:21  |  indrajaya 02/10/06   156.   Levy...admirable Israeli 07:25  |  Marie 02/10/06   157.   Peace with Syria 07:44  |  Brigitte Meier 02/10/06   158.   winery 08:56  |  zvi 02/10/06   159.   too scared of peace? 09:35  |  Kirana 02/10/06   160.   too scared of peace? 09:35  |  Kirana 02/10/06   161.   Why Israel will never give up the Golan 09:35  |  Clickfool 02/10/06   162.   BILL#12 - not the last word 09:51  |  JW 02/10/06   163.   IS THIS FAIR LEVY? 09:56  |  indrajaya 02/10/06   164.   IS THIS FAIR LEVY? 09:56  |  indrajaya 02/10/06   165.   #Paul Harris/allegations of ant-semitism 10:51  |  Maureen Ann 02/10/06   166.   indrajaya spews bullshit 10:52  |  Watcher. 02/10/06   167.   Syria has been saying "No" to Israel long ago! 11:02  |  Matthias Roth 02/10/06   168.   #136 Rich misses the point 11:42  |  Johnboy 02/10/06   169.   #139 Rich can read but he can not understand 11:51  |  Johnboy 02/10/06   170.   Nice con trick Johnboy 12:57  |  Jasmine Murphy 02/10/06   171.   Nice con trick Johnboy 12:57  |  Jasmine Murphy 02/10/06   172.   THAT is why they shelter Hamas`s strongest rejectionist 13:21  |  PETER SM 02/10/06   173.   If Syria stops harbouring Hamas`s strongest rejectionist. 13:34  |  PETER SM 02/10/06   174.   Mon cher maudit anglais.... 14:19  |  john and the truth 02/10/06   175.   Kirana#160 14:52  |  Yariv 02/10/06   176.   Old Syria is Not a Negotiating Partner 15:02  |  BP Diplomacy 02/10/06   177.   Israel wants "piece" 15:13  |  Mikesailor 02/10/06   178.   Golan Heights 15:27  |  OF 02/10/06   179.   #165 MAUREEN CALLS ON THE HIGHER POWER IS IT ELECTRICITY 15:37  |  paul harris 02/10/06   180.   Golan & Security 15:37  |  Mark Lincoln 02/10/06   181.   # 174 john and the truth. You misunderstood me! 15:54  |  Le Maudit Anglais 02/10/06   182.   Gideon is a shame to Israel !! 16:05  |  Infidel 02/10/06   183.   Blessed be the piss(or is it peace?)makers for they shall inherit 16:10  |  Rene 02/10/06   184.   Not mentioned that Syria attacked Israel in 1948, 67, and 73 16:17  |  Jake 02/10/06   185.   For Indra the " righteous" #155 16:23  |  Willy 02/10/06   186.   Clickfool, you are wrong 16:46  |  Jake 02/10/06   187.   Assad Is Just Playing Games! 17:49  |  Sam The Sham 02/10/06   188.   For Paul Harris #179, your message to Maureen 17:56  |  Clickfool 02/10/06   189.   Gideon Levy on the mark (as usual) 18:14  |  Zani Levin 02/10/06   190.   #Paul Harris/eyesight problem or extremist 18:20  |  Maureen Ann 02/10/06   191.   Operation Peace for the Winery 18:29  |  Mark G. Kirshner 02/10/06   192.   You need to have a psychologist test Levy`s I.Q. 18:35  |  CrabbyMax 02/10/06   193.   clickfool 19:28  |  Jasmine Murphy 02/10/06   194.   Haaretz Censors...You are being too strict! 19:39  |  Le Maudit Anglais 02/10/06   195.   Paul Harris: extremism and profiteering 19:44  |  wallstreetcolonel 02/10/06   196.   Israel Can Never Leave the Golan 20:03  |  Barak 02/10/06   197.   U rejected your safety 20:05  |  Amir 02/10/06   198.   First Things First 20:05  |  Danite 02/10/06   199.   Le Muadit Anglais grow up already will you 20:12  |  Danite 02/10/06   200.   hollingsworth 20:13  |  Danite 02/10/06   201.   Clickfool your# 182 20:21  |  Stranger 02/10/06   202.   Ben Gurion Shalom 20:24  |  Danite 02/10/06   203.   Clickfool 20:27  |  danite 02/10/06   204.   indraya 20:29  |  danite 02/10/06   205.   Maureen Ann, No. 10 20:40  |  Shlomzion 02/10/06   206.   Half of a whole 20:46  |  sh 02/10/06   207.   War & peace 20:59  |  Altalena 02/10/06   208.   Not Olmert`s fault 21:00  |  Adina 02/10/06   209.   why Israel refuses pease? 21:03  |  the third man 02/10/06   210.   Hi Maureen Ann 21:15  |  Stranger 02/10/06   211.   #189 Maureen Ann 21:28  |  Boycott 02/10/06   212.   # 195 Danite...not many talked of Judea and Samaria then 21:33  |  Le Maudit Anglais 02/10/06   213.   It is better to have the Golan with the wine 21:51  |  Jonathan S 02/10/06   214.   another solution 22:07  |  Joe 02/10/06   215.   Rejectionist regime in Israel 22:09  |  Pssd Off American 02/10/06   216.   #192 AN IDIOT WRITES IN TO THE ONLY PAPER THAT WILL PRINT POSTS 22:24  |  paul harris 02/10/06   217.   The Golan was taken empty, so it is not occupied. 22:44  |  Ben Avraham 02/10/06   218.   FINDING LEGITIMACY 23:51  |  Knave Dave 02/10/06   219.   the 3rd man, limited knowledge 23:56  |  Jake 02/10/06   220.   Adina, perhaps you know better 00:02  |  Jake 03/10/06   221.   209. Jake 00:07  |  whizbang 03/10/06   222.   Peace?? 00:08  |  Guy 03/10/06   223.   #170 Jasmine - that`s the way the law works 00:16  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   224.   whizbang, what proposal? what peace? 00:23  |  Jake 03/10/06   225.   #183 Jake - You are joking, aren`t you? 00:28  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   226.   #172 PETER SM Same old same old 00:37  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   227.   Israel should annihilate syria 00:41  |  Tayyar 03/10/06   228.   To 215. Johnboy. No International law is not on Syria side 01:19  |  Altalena 03/10/06   229.   Johnboy#215 Your wishfull thinking is showing 01:24  |  Danite 03/10/06   230.   #207 Ben Avraham`s strange assertion 01:37  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   231.   #209 Jake - you miss the point of this article 01:47  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   232.   JOHNBOY You are right harbouring peace rejectionists 01:48  |  PETER SM 03/10/06   233.   It is impossible to deny 02:37  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/06   234.   Operation Peace for the Winery 02:43  |  milaay 03/10/06   235.   #Think before you jump on the band wagon 04:34  |  maureen Ann 03/10/06   236.   Peace talks. Yea Right! 04:45  |  Frank 03/10/06   237.   #227 Altalena - astonishing ignorance 04:57  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   238.   #210 THE TERM ANTI SEMITE IS NOT A CHEAP INSULT 05:05  |  paul harris 03/10/06   239.   #228 Danite, you are dreaming 05:08  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   240.   MAUREEN ANN Re:anti semitism.You can get the real thing from the- 05:19  |  PETER SM 03/10/06   241.   #w32 PETER SM wrong as usual 05:19  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   242.   # 185, WILLY 06:01  |  indrajaya 03/10/06   243.   Tayyar 06:04  |  Walid 03/10/06   244.   #210 Stranger/my post-235 06:05  |  Maureen Ann 03/10/06   245.   Altalena 06:19  |  Walid 03/10/06   246.   JOHNBOY.Syria did not lose Golan in a game of poker. 06:23  |  PETER SM 03/10/06   247.   Danite 06:26  |  Walid 03/10/06   248.   Maral 06:28  |  Aby 03/10/06   249.   if Syria wants peace 06:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/10/06   250.   Johnboy 07:08  |  Walid 03/10/06   251.   Maureen Ann, every village has an idiot. 07:13  |  Cowboy Bob 03/10/06   252.   Milaay 07:16  |  Walid 03/10/06   253.   #246 PETER SM who is blind to reality 07:35  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   254.   Further to Israel, Egypt/The Lavon Affair 07:35  |  Maureen Ann 03/10/06   255.   #250 Walid 07:39  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   256.   UN-lawful Israeli Occupation 07:43  |  Zani Levin 03/10/06   257.   #245 Walid - my turn to correct you 07:44  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   258.   Israels`s quest for water - no room for peace with Syria. 08:10  |  Maureen Ann 03/10/06   259.   Israels`s quest for water - no room for peace with Syria. 08:10  |  Maureen Ann 03/10/06   260.   #249 Cipora Julianna Kohn 08:10  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   261.   # 203 Another Zionist smitten by the curse of Harzion 08:31  |  Clickfool 03/10/06   262.   Question for Paul Harris #238 08:35  |  Clickfool 03/10/06   263.   JOHNBOY.Talk is cheap.Actions show intent. 08:40  |  PETER SM 03/10/06   264.   #260, johnboy 08:42  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/10/06   265.   MAUREEN If it was just water Israel could destry a dam 08:43  |  PETER SM 03/10/06   266.   #263 define ZIONIST AND ITS RELEVANCE TO YOUR COMMENTS 08:46  |  paul harris 03/10/06   267.   #254 MAUREEN TURNS HISTORY ON ITS HEAD 08:52  |  PAUL HARRIS 03/10/06   268.   To 245. Walid. Who started the 67 war ? 09:03  |  Altalena 03/10/06   269.   #264 Cipora changes his story 09:23  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   270.   #263 PETER SM Talking cheap 09:31  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   271.   #268 Altalena wants to say who started what 10:06  |  Johnboy 03/10/06   272.   Lets not forget Yom Kippur 11:40  |  Sam Berger 03/10/06   273.   In appreciation to Maureen Anne 15:56  |  Concordia 03/10/06   274.   "In appreciation to Maureen Anne" 19:47  |  whoopwhoop 03/10/06   275.   270: Johnboy continues the lies 21:18  |  David Teich 03/10/06   276.   #269, johnboy 22:41  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/10/06   277.   90% do not like your ideas 23:56  |  Dr Kishke 03/10/06   278.   #275 David sticks his nose in 00:00  |  Johnboy 04/10/06   279.   #276 Cipora - point by point Part 1 06:30  |  Johnboy 04/10/06   280.   #276 Cipora Point by Point Part 2 06:39  |  Johnboy 04/10/06   281.   for Clickfool, Maureen, Johnboy etc.. 13:31  |  chasaboy 12/04/09

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