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U.S. President George W. Bush shaking hands with former U.S. secretary of state James Baker after receiving the official Iraq Study Group report in Washington on Wednesday. (Reuters)
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Olmert rejects talks with Syria, says conditions are 'not ripe'
By Shmuel Rosner, Akiva Eldar and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that conditions were not ripe to reopen talks with Syria, adding that he received no indications from U.S. President George W. Bush during his recent visit to Washington that the U.S. would push Israel to start such talks.

Olmert also rejected linkage of the Iraqi war with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by the Iraq Study Group, a day after the bipartisan commission issued its comprehensive report on the Iraq War.
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"The attempt to create linkage between the Iraqi issue and the Mideast issue - we have a different view," Olmert told reporters in Tel Aviv, in his first response to the report issued Wednesday by the Iraq Study Group.

One of the major conclusions of the study group is that the United States is unable to achieve its goals in the Middle East without direct involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The bipartisan panel is recommending that talks involving Israel, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians are held within a "Madrid Conference framework," referring to the 1991 summit convened by then U.S. president George H.W. Bush, in the wake of the 1991 Gulf War, which triggered the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Syrian President Bashar Assad has called in recent months for a new round of talks with Israel, but Olmert has rejected them out of hand.

"The question of what Israel can offer Syria has been raised before. The question is, what can we get from the Syrians if [we] enter negotiations," the prime minister said.

He said, however, that Israel wants "with all our might" to restart peace talks with the Palestinians. He rejected suggestions that Israel's recent cease-fire with Palestinian militants in Gaza would simply allow the militants to rearm and regroup for another round of fighting, saying that Israel would not allow that to happen.

He said that despite occasional rocket attacks by Gaza militants at Israel, "we will continue to show restraint."

The prime minister also welcomed a peace initiative put forward by Saudi Arabia, saying it contains "interesting elements that should not be ignored."

Addressing the controversy over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Olmert reiterated Israel's position that it will not tolerate a nuclear Iran, but will not take unilateral action, preferring that the dispute should be settled by the international community as a whole.

He also reiterated his support for the U.S. war in Iraq, a position that
caused some controversy during his U.S. trip last month.

"We always felt, like other nations in our region, that the removal of Saddam Hussein was a major, major contribution to stability of our part of the world," he said.

Olmert's office said Wednesday that it is unlikely that Bush would alter his Middle East policy with regard to Israel, despite the recommendations of the bipartisan advisory panel, headed by former secretary of state James Baker and former Democratic Congressman Lee Hamilton.

Sources at the Prime Minister's Office said Wednesday night that Olmert is not unduly concerned with the report because in his recent meeting with Bush at the White House, he was promised that the U.S. would not divert from the principles of its policy in dealing with terrorist groups and in countering the Iranian nuclear program.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, however, welcomed the U.S. commission's call for a comprehensive peace. "We welcome this report and we hope the U.S. administration will translate it into deeds. Our region needs peace and dialogue," Erekat said Thursday.

The committee presented its report to Bush on Wednesday, offering recommendations on policy regarding the quagmire in Iraq.

The main recommendations of the report deal with U.S. policy in Iraq, and call for shifting the primary role of American forces there from fighting to training the Iraqi military. The panel also recommends diminishing the number of American soldiers deployed in Iraq.

The report described the situation in Iraq as "dire" and "deteriorating."

In relation to Israel, the Baker-Hamilton panel is recommending talks along two main axes: Syria-Lebanon and the Palestinians.

The committee sets the conditions Damascus must fulfill to be considered an effective interlocutor, some of which are similar to those posed by the Bush administration to the Assad regime in exchange for dialogue.

The U.S. continues to demand that Syria avoid interference in Lebanon's domestic affairs; that it cooperate in the investigation of the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri; that it cease all assistance to Hezbollah and undertake efforts to persuade Hamas to recognize Israel's right to exist.

At the same time, the panel concludes that Israel must return the Golan Heights to Syria as part of a peace treaty, and says that in exchange Israel will be granted security guarantees from the United States on this front.

Regarding the Palestinians, the Baker-Hamilton report concludes that talks on a final settlement should be held, so that a two-state solution in line with Bush's ideas can be achieved.

The committee also urged the Bush administration to give its full backing to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, and to try and further talks on the creation of a Palestinian national unity government.

The panel briefly touched on the question of the Iranian nuclear program, and its main recommendation is that the issue should continue to be handled by the United Nations Security Council. It also suggests that efforts should be made to convince Iran to contribute to the stabilization of the situation in Iraq through regional support groups - which the Baker-Hamilton panel suggests should be set up.

Responding to the bipartisan panel's mention of Syria and talks with Israel, the official Syrian news agency, SANA, focused on the Golan Heights issue in its reports Wednesday.

The news agency highlighted the group's recommendation that the U.S. administration press Israel to restore the Golan Heights to Syria as part of a peace agreement.

Syria's Vice President Farouk al-Shara said Wednesday that Damascus is interested in a peace process that will restore the Golan Heights to Syria "all the way back to the lines of 4 June, 1967.

"A peace process that will not achieve this goal is unacceptable," the Syrian official said.

Al-Shara also said that both Iran and Syria should be involved in solving the crisis in Iraq, in response to the Baker-Hamilton report's recommendation that Tehran and Damascus should be engaged to contribute toward stabilizing Iraq.
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  1.   Baker is an idiot, becouse Golan never belonged to Syria 03:28  |  Law and Order 07/12/06
  2.   Baker "F#ck the Jews!" has a plan 04:02  |  Ilan 07/12/06
  3.   TO #1 04:14  |  Bibi 07/12/06
  4.   We are only setting Syria and Iran up! 04:23  |  Michael M. 07/12/06
  5.   BAKER DOES THE SAUDI`S WORK ALWAYS 04:30  |  ray 07/12/06
  6.   #1 Baker is clearly not and idiot, and also not a religious nut. 04:51  |  Johnboy 07/12/06
  7.   Baker report urges Madrid-style summit with Israel, Syria and PA 04:56  |  alex 07/12/06
  8.   Response to IIan. 05:02  |  Michael M. 07/12/06
  9.   Osama`s Litttle Helper 05:19  |  Johnny 07/12/06
  10.   IT IS "GRAVE" NOT "DIRE" 05:22  |  indrajaya 07/12/06
  11.   Ummmm 05:25  |  Trevor 07/12/06
  12.   Ummmm 05:28  |  Trevor 07/12/06
  13.   Never exchange land for security guarantees, even from us 05:42  |  Bob 07/12/06
  14.   Baker is a "diplomat" Just wait until you see 05:52  |  spyguy 07/12/06
  15.   BAKER IS DREAMING 05:56  |  indrajaya 07/12/06
  16.   Johnboy 06:02  |  Reid 07/12/06
  17.   failed, sell out wheeler-dealer. no depth 06:08  |  ralph 07/12/06
  18.   The Golan 06:12  |  Ruth Broch 07/12/06
  19.   News Flash: Israel Does Not Want Peace! 06:16  |  Roger 07/12/06
  20.   This plan has the smell of 2002 Saudia deceiptive initiative 06:22  |  Joseph E . 07/12/06
  21.   #7: dont apologize for US policy!! 06:31  |  concerned 07/12/06
  22.   #1: its people like you who get us killed 06:39  |  concerned 07/12/06
  23.   Ilan in Ariel (Post No. 2) 06:40  |  Johnny Weintraub 07/12/06
  24.   Nato Security -Wishful Thinking 06:45  |  Yosie K. 07/12/06
  25.   # 13 spyguy @ san francisco / usa 07:11  |  Joseph E . 07/12/06
  26.   # 21, CONCERNED 07:13  |  indrajaya 07/12/06
  27.   #7 I don`t hold you personally responsible 07:37  |  Ilan 07/12/06
  28.   The game is up 07:56  |  jj burke 07/12/06
  29.   Bush Policy: Why change it when it is failing so well! 09:07  |  Mark Kienan 07/12/06
  30.   #29, Mark Kienan on Israeli Political Cleverness 09:35  |  Fritz 07/12/06
  31.   Quacking like a lame duck 09:37  |  Natallie Durson 07/12/06
  32.   Israel needs Syrian water 10:14  |  Clickfool 07/12/06
  33.   Israeli politicians and their unbelievable "talent".... 10:32  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  34.   # 29, MARK KEINAN 10:33  |  indrajaya 07/12/06
  35.   Olmert is lying through his teeth 10:53  |  Freddy 07/12/06
  36.   If PMO says no u-turn, expect changes soon 10:55  |  Michael 07/12/06
  37.   18 Ruth BRoch 11:04  |  Hadrian 07/12/06
  38.   Baker`s Leftist Success Formula for Peace 11:24  |  Klaudia 07/12/06
  39.   YOU CANT TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS 11:53  |  paul harris 07/12/06
  40.   # 38 Klaudia - Baker`s LeftistSuccess...... 11:59  |  tbora 07/12/06
  41.   AIPAC WON`T ALLOW ANY CHANGE 12:00  |  Observer 07/12/06
  42.   Bashing Baker 12:16  |  Darwish 07/12/06
  43.   # 38 Klaudia 12:18  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  44.   My friend the wind... 12:20  |  Skandar 07/12/06
  45.   Munich II is being prepared by Baker 12:25  |  Jonathan S 07/12/06
  46.   Denial is not a river in Egypt 12:40  |  Michael 07/12/06
  47.   # 40 - tbora ,sorry if you misunderstood 12:54  |  Klaudia 07/12/06
  48.   I predicted shortly after 9/11 that the US will 13:05  |  Boris 07/12/06
  49.   the PM is right 13:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/12/06
  50.   #38 Klaudia makes a comparison 13:10  |  Johnboy 07/12/06
  51.   A brief lesson in regional politics 13:11  |  Natallie Durson 07/12/06
  52.   Olmert dithers again 13:11  |  sh 07/12/06
  53.   #38 Klaudia doesn`t like leftist policies 13:12  |  Johnboy 07/12/06
  54.   To the religious nuts 13:16  |  Georges 07/12/06
  55.   Jewish Lobby 13:21  |  Georges 07/12/06
  56.   All comments are not objective 13:23  |  Hamish 07/12/06
  57.   Spyguy: Deal or No Deal 13:28  |  Raw deal 07/12/06
  58.   There is an indirect Link 13:35  |  Palestinian 07/12/06
  59.   BAKER WAS ALWAYS AN IDIOT, SIDING WITH THE ENIMY 13:39  |  Honey Church 07/12/06
  60.   No change should be expected 13:44  |  Isratenian 07/12/06
  61.   Indeed, since the Iraqi war is unrelated to the local conflict 13:48  |  Nadav 07/12/06
  62.   SYRIA MUST GIVE UP SOME LAND FOR PEACE 13:49  |  Logic for Peace 07/12/06
  63.   Middle East peace conference without Israel 13:54  |  GPWS.1 07/12/06
  64.   Clickfool # 32 13:58  |  Victor Smolinsky 07/12/06
  65.   Israel needs to withdraw, regardless of Iraq 14:03  |  Jens 07/12/06
  66.   #41 Observer 14:19  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/12/06
  67.   That Johnboy is why Baker is loathed in Israel #6 14:22  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/12/06
  68.   “Water” cannot hold water #88 14:24  |  Jonathan S 07/12/06
  69.   BLAIR`S linkage 14:35  |  Ian 07/12/06
  70.   Mr. James Baker 14:36  |  Rani -- Egypt 07/12/06
  71.   20-Hamas & Fatah, Iran, Syria want to Destroy Israel 14:36  |  Bruriah Sarah 07/12/06
  72.   Sullivan 14:40  |  Come on 07/12/06
  73.   41 - No - Hamas et al want to destroy Israel 14:40  |  Bruriah Sarah 07/12/06
  74.   Georges in Beruit #55 14:40  |  CHGODMK 07/12/06
  75.   Baker is a fool and hostile to Israel 14:40  |  Semsem 07/12/06
  76.   54 - So what are you telling us? 14:42  |  Bruriah Sarah 07/12/06
  77.   Palestine and Israel 14:43  |  Rani -- Egypt 07/12/06
  78.   Natallie Durson. No and Yes. 14:43  |  Toronto`s Finest 07/12/06
  79.   # 50 Johnboy ( But Not the One I Remember on the Waltons) 14:43  |  Klaudia 07/12/06
  80.   55 - Did you read this article? 14:44  |  Bruriah Sarah 07/12/06
  81.   Olmert`s Comments 14:45  |  Steven Grumman 07/12/06
  82.   Israel Lobby 14:48  |  Steven Grumman 07/12/06
  83.   63 - Do you mean a world without Israel? 14:48  |  Bruriah Sarah 07/12/06
  84.   For Jonathan S, on hate # 68 14:49  |  Clickfool 07/12/06
  85.   65 - What for? 14:50  |  Bruriah Sarah 07/12/06
  86.   JohnBoy #50 14:58  |  Gabe1 07/12/06
  87.   # 70 Rani 14:58  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  88.   I wish there is no country call Iraq 14:59  |  Tamir Gaza 07/12/06
  89.   Olmert is in `denial` 15:06  |  Shalom Freedman 07/12/06
  90.   Clickfool, Jonatha S Cannot live in that world #84 15:08  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/12/06
  91.   Bracha/tsfonit and her Denials-part Two 15:16  |  Gabe 1 07/12/06
  92.   To Seven Grunman / antisemitism 15:18  |  Luis 07/12/06
  93.   to Fritz:God`s blind those to be destroyed 15:19  |  Watcher 07/12/06
  94.   Bracha/tsfonit and her Denials-part Three 15:20  |  Gabe1 07/12/06
  95.   to Indrajaya on grave n dire in Iraq 15:21  |  Watcher 07/12/06
  96.   PM rejects linkage 15:21  |  Shmuelshachor 07/12/06
  97.   Linkage = stupidity 15:28  |  rich 07/12/06
  98.   CHGODMK & George in Beirut, - May I add a small piece of 15:28  |  Nadav 07/12/06
  99.   No, Come On, you need to portray it that way #72 15:30  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/12/06
  100.   # 38- Dino Response ( 3rd TRY) 15:32  |  Klaudia 07/12/06
  101.   #18 - - - Ruth, Actually i`m not surprised 15:35  |  Roshan 07/12/06
  102.   Comrade Sullivan on democracy 15:37  |  SG 07/12/06
  103.   #69 Ian 15:41  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/12/06
  104.   One fight at a time 15:43  |  Leb 07/12/06
  105.   Iraq and Palestine 15:48  |  Palestinian 07/12/06
  106.   To ClickFOOL on warmth #84 15:52  |  Jonathan S 07/12/06
  107.   2 Realities 15:53  |  Ron 07/12/06
  108.   The Israeli Right has become worse than Hamas 15:54  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  109.   the new reality 15:57  |  Harry 07/12/06
  110.   This report can be used as pretext for war on Israel by Arabs 16:04  |  Richard Shuster, O.D 07/12/06
  111.   Olmert without a clue 16:08  |  Tosefta 07/12/06
  112.   For Brriah Sarah, on a world without Israel # 83 16:11  |  Clickfool 07/12/06
  113.   Prove it! 16:14  |  JW 07/12/06
  114.   DEAL WITH REALITY. 16:15  |  Bert 07/12/06
  115.   Its time for USA to get lost with its ME policies 16:24  |  Sal 07/12/06
  116.   #1 Response 16:24  |  ballistic 07/12/06
  117.   Interesting to read these confessions (1) 16:26  |  Yankelowitz 07/12/06
  118.   Obvious linkage 16:27  |  Tosefta 07/12/06
  119.   #4 Another mad hatter!!! 16:28  |  ballistic 07/12/06
  120.   The Israeli occupation is the root cause of all trouble 16:28  |  American living here 07/12/06
  121.   Clickfoul number 84. 16:29  |  David Nigel Braham 07/12/06
  122.   #5 enough spun garbage 16:32  |  ballistic 07/12/06
  123.   Israel and the Baker report 16:33  |  norman ravitch 07/12/06
  124.   Gabe out of place 16:36  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 07/12/06
  125.   #90 Jonathan S 16:37  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/12/06
  126.   #8 response 16:37  |  ballistic 07/12/06
  127.   # 95 Klaudia 16:39  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  128.   #9 response 16:40  |  ballistic 07/12/06
  129.   Interesting to read these confessions (2) 16:40  |  Yankelowitz 07/12/06
  130.   baker is a fool 16:41  |  michael 07/12/06
  131.   #13 response 16:42  |  ballistic 07/12/06
  132.   Very trusting, very naive Mr. Prime Minister! 16:46  |  David Turner 07/12/06
  133.   #115 response 16:46  |  ballistic 07/12/06
  134.   Clickfool 16:49  |  ODP 07/12/06
  135.   Learn your history 16:51  |  Meyer 07/12/06
  136.   #197 response 16:52  |  ballistic 07/12/06
  137.   His Majesty James Baker 16:54  |  Shimshon Alexander 07/12/06
  138.   The US, Iraq and all... 16:54  |  christoph 07/12/06
  139.   #114, Bert the Bigot is right: Israel is too dependent 16:56  |  David turner 07/12/06
  140.   # 71 Bruriah Sarah 17:00  |  Joseph E . 07/12/06
  141.   The logic of the sacred texts ... 17:00  |  Jackie Treehorn 07/12/06
  142.   #87 Dino (Swiss) 17:02  |  Rani -- Egypt 07/12/06
  143.   #41 17:03  |  ballistic 07/12/06
  144.   response to 129 17:04  |  Meyer 07/12/06
  145.   # 127- Dino 17:06  |  Klaudia 07/12/06
  146.   # 123 norman ravitch 17:06  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  147.   To # 4 hizballah attack in Beirut, which killed 241 US soldiers ? 17:06  |  Yankelowitz 07/12/06
  148.   Golan 17:07  |  ODP 07/12/06
  149.   #139 17:16  |  Bert 07/12/06
  150.   to Swiss (Dino)#33 17:16  |  Ilya 07/12/06
  151.   Margie of the UK 17:19  |  Gabe1 07/12/06
  152.   # 124- Margie.# 124.... People Who Live in Glass Houses... 17:21  |  Klaudia 07/12/06
  153.   Bracha/Tsifona- and her denials Part One 17:22  |  Gabe1 07/12/06
  154.   # 145 Klaudia 17:27  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  155.   To Cipora Julianna Kohn 17:29  |  Mark B. 07/12/06
  156.   Israel should redraw to the pre-67 lines. 17:32  |  Nathan 07/12/06
  157.   The expected response 17:35  |  Mark Lincoln 07/12/06
  158.   ODP on the Golan & Annexation #148 17:36  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/12/06
  159.   Talking from both sides of his mouth 17:39  |  justiceseeker 07/12/06
  160.   Klaudia 17:40  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 07/12/06
  161.   #105 "Palestinian" Moron level intelligance of the post writer 17:40  |  Max Zinger 07/12/06
  162.   to Swiss (Dino)#33 Part2 17:40  |  Ilya 07/12/06
  163.   IRAQ STUDY REPORT - MOST RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED 17:41  |  Smadar 07/12/06
  164.   respone to 157 - no link? 17:46  |  Meyer 07/12/06
  165.   To:Mark Lincoln 17:52  |  Justin Hoover 07/12/06
  166.   Klaudia looking for alliances for a weak politic 17:56  |  Ronnie Wolman 07/12/06
  167.   What about the dead 17:58  |  Mary 07/12/06
  168.   # 150 Ilya 18:02  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  169.   To # 18 Grandma Ruth Broch 18:02  |  Yankelowitz 07/12/06
  170.   Land for peace: Syria gives Golan to Israel & Egypt Sinai to Gaza 18:04  |  AV 07/12/06
  171.   US looks to Israel to atone for US failures 18:11  |  Bimmer 07/12/06
  172.   Ruth the grandma 18:13  |  insightful 07/12/06
  173.   Blair should be Boycotted as a Response 18:15  |  Sam Weinstein 07/12/06
  174.   Semsem (Post No. 75) 18:17  |  Johnny Weintraub 07/12/06
  175.   # 166 Ronnie Wolman 18:20  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  176.   A religious dictatorship 18:20  |  Hedder Frome 07/12/06
  177.   Tamir Gaza again 18:23  |  northern neighbor 07/12/06
  178.   Yaakov 18:25  |  ODP 07/12/06
  179.   Swiss(Dino) 18:27  |  ODP 07/12/06
  180.   the Baker & Hamilton plan 18:29  |  anton lersundi 07/12/06
  181.   Ronnie off the Wall Man and Klaudia #166 18:30  |  Gabe1 07/12/06
  182.   To # 50 Johnboy - They have a paper : the Bible-Torah ! :-0) 18:37  |  Yankelowitz 07/12/06
  183.   Blair&Bush news conference 18:37  |  Ginger Streed 07/12/06
  184.   Gabe and Klaudia: Philosophies of the Right 18:39  |  Ronnie Wolman 07/12/06
  185.   #170 AV--In your dreams!!! 18:40  |  Rani -- Egypt 07/12/06
  186.   #170 AV--In your dreams!!! 18:40  |  Rani -- Egypt 07/12/06
  187.   Margie of the UK 18:41  |  Gabe1 07/12/06
  188.   to Swiss (Dino)#168 18:43  |  Ilya 07/12/06
  189.   All or nothing 18:43  |  christoph 07/12/06
  190.   # 162 Ilya (2) 18:45  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  191.   Saddam`s payments to Suicide Bomber`s families 18:45  |  Pablo B 07/12/06
  192.   PM rejects linkage of Iraq war, Israeli-Palestinian conflict 18:46  |  Ralph 07/12/06
  193.   # 166- Ronnie Wolman( 2nd try) 18:46  |  Klaudia 07/12/06
  194.   Is Israel willing to let go 18:48  |  Simon 07/12/06
  195.   18:33 Blair: U.S., U.K. agree Iraq linked to Israel-Palestinian 18:53  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/12/06
  196.   War Launched to Protect Israel 18:54  |  Dav 07/12/06
  197.   #183 In your Dreams 18:57  |  Sam Weinstein 07/12/06
  198.   # 179 ODP 18:57  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  199.   baker and baby bush 18:59  |  michael 07/12/06
  200.   Rani 19:07  |  ODP 07/12/06
  201.   Blair and Bush "there`s a linkage" 19:11  |  Timothy 07/12/06
  202.   Swiss(Dino) 19:11  |  ODP 07/12/06
  203.   This conflict never will solve with fanatics of Islam, Baker is n 19:11  |  e.m 07/12/06
  204.   really ODP 19:12  |  michael 07/12/06
  205.   BAKER is right,U want PEACE then.............. 19:19  |  Josh 07/12/06
  206.   Onyl in the Through the Looking Glass World of Israel. # 121 19:23  |  Clickfool 07/12/06
  207.   Solving the Arab-Israel problem will lead to peace 19:26  |  bob poris 07/12/06
  208.   Israel `not` a link to Iraq war?? 19:27  |  tbora 07/12/06
  209.   Land for Peace after Arabs Stop Acting like Arabs 19:29  |  Bimmer 07/12/06
  210.   Bush & Blair are Stupid. They is no "linkage" 19:30  |  Steve 07/12/06
  211.   MSG SENT TO WASHINGTON POST BUT STOPPED BY ISRAELI SPIES ON THE N 19:30  |  G W #1 of 2 07/12/06
  212.   MSG SENT TO WASHINGTON POST BUT STOPPED BY ISRAELI SPIES ON THE N 19:32  |  G W #2 of 3 07/12/06
  213.   MSG SENT TO WASHINGTON POST BUT STOPPED BY ISRAELI SPIES ON THE N 19:33  |  G W #3 of 3 /end 07/12/06
  214.   So far, other than suggesting that there is a linkage between 19:37  |  Nadav 07/12/06
  215.   Cipora Julianna Kohn # 49 19:37  |  Victor Smolinsky 07/12/06
  216.   Michael 19:40  |  ODP 07/12/06
  217.   88 Tamir Gaza - It was a Mistake 19:42  |  Mark of Lewiston 07/12/06
  218.   #203 Good try won`t work 19:42  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/12/06
  219.   To Klaudia and other baker bashers - second try 19:43  |  dana 07/12/06
  220.   "..his deranged messianic views" - coming from Yaakov Sullivan 19:46  |  nimrod 07/12/06
  221.   Bert the Bigot, again 19:50  |  David Turner 07/12/06
  222.   Clickfoul 206. 19:51  |  David Nigel Braham 07/12/06
  223.   Klaudia: Alliances 19:52  |  Ronnie Wolman 07/12/06
  224.   #209 Land for Peace 19:56  |  dana 07/12/06
  225.   Poor Israel.... 19:56  |  i FROM america 07/12/06
  226.   Old ideas that did not work the first time 19:59  |  MichaelF 07/12/06
  227.   The Linkage that Isn`t 20:00  |  Mark of Lewiston 07/12/06
  228.   Tough love from Baker 20:01  |  Tosefta 07/12/06
  229.   #207 -- bob poris 20:03  |  MichaelF 07/12/06
  230.   # 214 Nadav 20:03  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  231.   ISG report bound in the green color of Islam (see photo) 20:06  |  zayyin ba ayin 07/12/06
  232.   #196 -- Dav 20:08  |  MichaelF 07/12/06
  233.   The Linkage that Isn`t 2 20:09  |  Mark of Lewiston 07/12/06
  234.   So Sad 20:15  |  Atli M?r 07/12/06
  235.   ODP now i understand bu 20:16  |  michael 07/12/06
  236.   Palestinian #105 20:17  |  Gabe1 07/12/06
  237.   165 Justin Hoover - Prejudging the Outcome 20:20  |  Mark of Lewiston 07/12/06
  238.   Ronnie off the Wall man 20:20  |  Gabe1 07/12/06
  239.   #238 Gabe 20:29  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/12/06
  240.   228 tough love 20:30  |  michael 07/12/06
  241.   105 - No Equivalency 20:32  |  Bruriah Sarah 07/12/06
  242.   Objectivity of James Baker Ha, ha 20:33  |  Sidney 07/12/06
  243.   Gabe: Dog Eat Dog 20:34  |  Ronnie Wolman 07/12/06
  244.   True MichaelF 20:35  |  michael 07/12/06
  245.   ISG fails to find the pony in Iraq`s pile of manure 20:39  |  zayyin ba ayin 07/12/06
  246.   192 - Response 20:40  |  Bruriah Sarah 07/12/06
  247.   # 202 ODP 20:41  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  248.   212 - 213 - Response 20:45  |  Bruriah Sarah 07/12/06
  249.   # 223- Ronnie Wolman... Beware Eloquence ! 20:47  |  Klaudia 07/12/06
  250.   228 -Baker is anti-israel 20:48  |  Bruriah Sarah 07/12/06
  251.   Olmert cannot undo his mistake in Lebanon 20:55  |  Wise Syrian 07/12/06
  252.   The linkage of Tom Lehrer 21:00  |  peter 07/12/06
  253.   to Mark of Lewiston Iraqis and all other arab hate PA people 21:02  |  Tamir Gaza 07/12/06
  254.   Swiss Dino #33 21:04  |  Polybios 07/12/06
  255.   northern neighbor again, again and again so what 21:05  |  Tamir Gaza 07/12/06
  256.   tbora in Karachi 21:05  |  michael3k 07/12/06
  257.   Chris #239 21:06  |  Gabe1 07/12/06
  258.   Claudia #249 21:11  |  Gabe1 07/12/06
  259.   # 49 Cipora Julianna Kohn 21:16  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  260.   Leave no stone unturned 21:19  |  Michel Norman 07/12/06
  261.   Michael 21:24  |  ODP 07/12/06
  262.   not just linkage 21:32  |  heinz 07/12/06
  263.   "Restraint" 21:37  |  KUTW 07/12/06
  264.   To Law and Order 21:37  |  S. 07/12/06
  265.   Baker is saving Israelis from themselves 21:37  |  Andreas 07/12/06
  266.   Give it up already 21:37  |  GregD 07/12/06
  267.   The issue of Israel has as much to do with... 21:38  |  bat yam 07/12/06
  268.   Iraq Study group is for American, by Americans. Olmert Who ? 21:42  |  Omolll 07/12/06
  269.   to 129, 169. Yankelowitz. 2 states or 1 state 21:43  |  Altalena 07/12/06
  270.   to Chris Linthwaite#195 21:43  |  Ilya 07/12/06
  271.   "Madrid Conference framework," 21:43  |  KUTW 07/12/06
  272.   Saeb Erekat hypocrisy 21:46  |  KUTW 07/12/06
  273.   I am with Ronnie here- Shalom-Salaam 21:52  |  Iranian-American 07/12/06
  274.   Ronnie wolman 21:53  |  iranian-American 07/12/06
  275.   Zionists in panic mode, will be pushed to peace talks kicking 22:08  |  Joe 07/12/06
  276.   Israel distroying Americas intrests... 22:12  |  MIKE KATZ 07/12/06
  277.   to #1: biblical bullcrap ! 22:15  |  Gerry 07/12/06
  278.   Zionists in panic mode, will be pushed to peace talks kicking 22:15  |  Joe 07/12/06
  279.   Yankelowitz watch your mouth 22:16  |  El Khoury Roland 07/12/06
  280.   Klaudia: Connections and Devils Known 22:16  |  Ronnie Wolman 07/12/06
  281.   #252 Peter 22:22  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/12/06
  282.   #79 Klaudia believes that possession is 9/10th of the law 22:25  |  Johnboy 07/12/06
  283.   Israel is like a VAMPIRE... 22:29  |  MIKE KATZ 07/12/06
  284.   ARMAGEDON IS VERY NEAR. 22:32  |  ELIAS 07/12/06
  285.   I have kept pushing the question of "linkage" because I assumed, 22:33  |  Nadav 07/12/06
  286.   Iranian-American: Fundamentally Floored 22:34  |  Ronnie Wolman 07/12/06
  287.   #86 Gabe1 asks about ancient history 22:35  |  Johnboy 07/12/06
  288.   #250 Bruriah Sarah 22:36  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/12/06
  289.   George W. Bush is a disaster 22:41  |  Baz Mann 07/12/06
  290.   Palestinians are "bread & circuses" for Arabs (the circus part) 22:46  |  DJStahl 07/12/06
  291.   Divergence not Convergence 22:51  |  Baz Mann 07/12/06
  292.   To all anti-israeli propagandists 22:52  |  Jozef 07/12/06
  293.   #245 That`s a great idea zayyin 22:53  |  Johnboy 07/12/06
  294.   #273 blah blah blah Linthwaite 22:56  |  peter 07/12/06
  295.   # 269 Roland El Khoury 22:56  |  Paul Henzen 07/12/06
  296.   Zionists and Neocons made the Iraq linkage first 23:02  |  Joe 07/12/06
  297.   What`s in a Baker`s name (Bruriah Sarah #250) 23:05  |  Tosefta 07/12/06
  298.   To269, 271,276. Mike Katz & Joe. 2-way street 23:09  |  Altalena 07/12/06
  299.   Paul Hnzen, Roland El Khoury - Arab contributions 23:15  |  Rita 07/12/06
  300.   Is Israeli PM Ehud Olmert committed.... 23:19  |  Maureen Ann 07/12/06
  301.   #257 Gabe 1 23:28  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/12/06
  302.   Religious freaks. 23:31  |  revoltop 07/12/06
  303.   Zionists and Neocons made the Iraq linkage first 23:32  |  Joe 07/12/06
  304.   #294 Peter 23:37  |  Chris Linthwaite 07/12/06
  305.   Roger, Siria had Golan 23:37  |  TOMY 07/12/06
  306.   This is what Bush said: 23:52  |  Amira 07/12/06
  307.   # 254 Polybios 23:54  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/12/06
  308.   The road to peace in Palestine goes through Baghdad 23:57  |  Ginger Streed 07/12/06
  309.   USA To withdraw 00:02  |  David King 08/12/06
  310.   The world is flat vs. the world is round 00:07  |  Michael N 08/12/06
  311.   #6 You do Australia proud Johnboy! 00:08  |  Maureen Ann 08/12/06
  312.   #6 You do Australia proud Johnboy! 00:08  |  Maureen Ann 08/12/06
  313.   post- Iraq: expect long American military presence in Kurdistan; 00:09  |  zayyin ba ayin 08/12/06
  314.   ODP 00:15  |  michael 08/12/06
  315.   253 Tamir Gaza - They are a US Responsibility 00:25  |  Mark of Lewiston 08/12/06
  316.   #32 Clickfool 00:27  |  Neal 08/12/06
  317.   in 2008 Kurdistan would be....Kurdistan, not Iraq. 00:31  |  zayyin ba ayin 08/12/06
  318.   TOMY 00:32  |  Esther 08/12/06
  319.   Dusting off Abbas 00:35  |  Klinger 08/12/06
  320.   Johnboy: don`t you care for the Australian troops in Iraq ? 00:46  |  zayyin ba ayin 08/12/06
  321.   "Conditions not ripe." 00:47  |  Maureen Ann 08/12/06
  322.   There goes the Kadima party..bye bye 00:48  |  Hassan 08/12/06
  323.   olmert rejects 00:50  |  nathan friedman 08/12/06
  324.   Olmert is a disaster! 00:55  |  Jews for Peace 08/12/06
  325.   #173 Sam Weinstein 01:10  |  Boycott 08/12/06
  326.   #195 Chris Linthwaite 01:15  |  Boycott 08/12/06
  327.   #209 Bimmer 01:17  |  Boycott 08/12/06
  328.   Occupation Is the Biggest problem 01:38  |  Billy T 08/12/06
  329.   Law and Order Golan never belonged to Syria 01:44  |  Otto Rand 08/12/06
  330.   #79 Klaudia makes a remarkably hypocritical statment 01:46  |  Johnboy 08/12/06
  331.   To Indrajaya 01:52  |  Otto Rand 08/12/06
  332.   Logic for peace 01:57  |  Otto Rand 08/12/06
  333.   Chris Linthwaite #296 02:10  |  Gabe1 08/12/06
  334.   Peter of montreal 02:22  |  Gabe S1 08/12/06
  335.   Connecting dots can be painful exercise 02:31  |  TonyL 08/12/06
  336.   King David held a garrison in Damascus, GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 02:34  |  Like it is 08/12/06
  337.   299-TOMY 03:09  |  Roger 08/12/06
  338.   Baker & OIL 03:18  |  * BEN JABO 08/12/06
  339.   Baker is a lackey of the Saudi`s 03:20  |  * BEN JABO 08/12/06
  340.   Can anyone explain why?? 03:25  |  * BEN JABO 08/12/06
  341.   #215, VICTOR SMOLINSKY 03:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/12/06
  342.   #315 Gabe 03:30  |  Chris Linthwaite 08/12/06
  343.   #303 Zayyin, you are wrong, wrong, wrong 03:53  |  Johnboy 08/12/06
  344.   johnboy`s remarkable leaps 03:59  |  peter 08/12/06
  345.   Once Israel is "solved"Shiites will no longer hate Suniis? 04:15  |  PETER SM 08/12/06
  346.   #263 RESTRAINT 04:34  |  hala 08/12/06
  347.   Americans will just never learn... 05:00  |  John 08/12/06
  348.   War criminal thinks wrong 05:27  |  Niva 08/12/06
  349.   #276 Don`t hold anything back--Yeah 05:45  |  ballistic 08/12/06
  350.   Golan is whose land ? 05:49  |  jaafar 08/12/06
  351.   #319 YOur point is immaterial PETER SM 05:51  |  Johnboy 08/12/06
  352.   Michael - If PMO says no u-turn 05:55  |  Reid 08/12/06
  353.   Mr. James Baker 06:14  |  Reid 08/12/06
  354.   Baker Defenders- Baker`s Law Firm Represents Saudi Govt ! 06:14  |  B.S. Detector 08/12/06
  355.   johnboy`s tension 06:25  |  SG 08/12/06
  356.   330 - Americans will just never learn... 06:27  |  Roger 08/12/06
  357.   #163 pocohantas wrong again !! REPORT REJECTED 06:28  |  paul harris 08/12/06
  358.   Swiss (Dino) # 108 06:29  |  Reid 08/12/06
  359.   # 315, OTTO RAND, IF YOU RUN, WE WILL FLY. 06:35  |  indrajaya 08/12/06
  360.   Ballistic 06:48  |  Reid 08/12/06
  361.   Yankelowitz 06:54  |  Reid 08/12/06
  362.   Balance of Power in the Middle East 07:12  |  Reid 08/12/06
  363.   #331 peter makes a number of stupid comments 07:14  |  Johnboy 08/12/06
  364.   #342 SG reads but does not comprehend 07:20  |  Johnboy 08/12/06
  365.   #344 Paul Harris is convinced the REPORT REJECTED 07:24  |  Johnboy 08/12/06
  366.   Yaakov Sullivan # 158 07:33  |  Reid 08/12/06
  367.   to Ben Jabo #333` 07:38  |  wally 08/12/06
  368.   #339 Reid, off with the pixies 07:38  |  Johnboy 08/12/06
  369.   You all argue while Iraq burns 08:00  |  dana 08/12/06
  370.   Nadav on linkage 08:07  |  sh 08/12/06
  371.   to Jaafar in faraway Spain, claiming "Arabic land" 08:51  |  anu banu artza 08/12/06
  372.   Johnboy: don`t you care for the Australian troops in Iraq ? 09:04  |  zayyin ba ayin 08/12/06
  373.   #369 the latest sound bites from new york DEVOID OF FACT 09:06  |  paul harris 08/12/06
  374.   sh - I do not know if and what you remember of the first Gulf War 09:09  |  Nadav 08/12/06
  375.   Johnboy - Off with the pixies 09:12  |  Reid 08/12/06
  376.   JOHNBOY ALL Internal violence like 9/11?.Syria & Lebanon 09:26  |  PETER SM 08/12/06
  377.   in the photo: Dubya senses that after Bakr pulling his hand, 09:35  |  serious in jest 08/12/06
  378.   egypt held garrison in meggido 09:37  |  you meshuggene 08/12/06
  379.   Yes, OBL succeeded in getting infidel military power (US) out of 09:43  |  oil lee 08/12/06
  380.   to "ya majnoon": wants 95% proof but can`t get it in his country 10:02  |  zayyin ba ayin 08/12/06
  381.   Nadav I do remember 10:05  |  sh 08/12/06
  382.   # 358 Reid 10:09  |  Swiss (Dino) 08/12/06
  383.   sh - The point is, "linkage" has been around for much longer than 10:33  |  Nadav 08/12/06
  384.   Johnboy (6): care to explain why you call the Hebrew Bible - 10:35  |  zayyin ba ayin 08/12/06
  385.   Swiss (Dino) # 382 10:41  |  Reid 08/12/06
  386.   Swiss (Dino) # 382 part 2 10:49  |  Reid 08/12/06
  387.   Johnboy (6): pls explain ur "..a funny old book" words 10:49  |  zayyin ba ayin 08/12/06
  388.   Swiss (Dino) # 382 part 3 11:00  |  Reid 08/12/06
  389.   Swiss (Dino) # 382 part 4 11:10  |  Reid 08/12/06
  390.   Johnboy & Ahmadinajeh 11:27  |  lola 08/12/06
  391.   Funny old book not so funny #384, 386 11:27  |  dana 08/12/06
  392.   JohhnyLilBoy, the new kid on the block 12:06  |  Wondering 08/12/06
  393.   To # 279 El Khoury Roland - Revise your sense of humor ! 12:13  |  Yankelowitz 08/12/06
  394.   Cipora Julianna Kohn # 341 15:15  |  Victor Smolinsky 08/12/06
  395.   Johnboy-no expert in International law 17:12  |  Scott 08/12/06
  396.   There is no link with Iraq 23:52  |  Sohail 08/12/06
  397.   Johnboy: when you`re back to Gaza from your Tehran trip with your 06:42  |  zayyin ba ayin 09/12/06
  398.   # 306 Amira, How true 08:38  |  Dutch 09/12/06
  399.   Olmert is on the wrong track 10:59  |  Dutch 09/12/06
  400.   Israel and Golan Heights 02:06  |  Paul 11/12/06
  401.   Paul #400 21:43  |  Keith 24/04/07
  402.   Time for a One State Solution 15:23  |  Julie 26/11/07