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What hasn't changed on this night?
By Haaretz Editorial

Pesach is not considered to be a time for introspection. Notwithstanding, especially this year when tonight's ritual seder (also Hebrew for "order") at home starkly contradicts the sense of political and public chaos outside, the question "How is this night different from all other nights" since last year's holiday should not necessarily be restricted to children. This is especially true since exactly a year ago, on Passover eve, prime minister-designate Ehud Olmert made a springtime promise that he "does not intend to miss the opportunity" to further peace, or at least to implement the convergence plan.

Olmert made several wonderful promises last April. He said, for example, that "a withdrawal from parts of Judea and Samaria will be carried out in a year and a half." He declared that his plan "will alter the face of the region," and that "in coming weeks, immediately following the formation of the government," he intended to begin "planning in detail" the withdrawal with the assistance of "a team of experts that will include individuals from the army, political and economic advisers." Olmert called on the international community to support the plan saying that "this is the sole alternative to the continued fighting."

We have become accustomed to the ever-present chasm between promises of elected leadership and their realization. But in Olmert's case, the existing gap borders on the grotesque: the leadership that promised "not to miss the opportunity" to further peace, appears in retrospect to have not missed the opportunity to embroil Israel - at a time when the army and home front were ill prepared - into a war that turned out to be its longest, and perhaps, least successful in history. There has even been a crack in the "tradition" whereby every new Israeli prime minister extends a hand of peace, at least a rhetorical gesture, and receives a rejectionist Arab response. This year, the situation has been reversed: not only Syria and the Palestinian president, but also a coalition of Arab states, have extended (at least rhetorically) their hand in peace - and have been confronted with a passive, even sour, Israeli reaction.
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All this has not prevented the prime minister from emerging this year with celebratory statements, spreading updated promises of spring. In a holiday interview to Haaretz, he said that "it is necessary to begin dialogue with Saudi Arabia and with other Arab states," and that he "would be glad to cooperate in a regional summit meeting that will bolster direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians." Olmert even foreshadows that "in five years, it is possible [that conditions] will mature for an overall peace agreement with the Arab states and the Palestinians."

Time will tell if there is any substance to these promises, or whether they are part of a new Passover tradition - albeit not an ancient one - that Olmert has initiated: to fill our pockets with verbal walnuts and amuse ourselves with reality in games of hide and seek as if it were the afikoman (a piece of matza hidden during the seder that is eventually eaten at the conclusion of the meal).

Sated by promises and expectations for the prophet Elijah who never arrives, we will note this year what has not changed since last Passover: false promises and words lacking in currency, a love affair with inertia, faint-hearted leadership, and focus on a war for personal survival. The only positive change since last year is the hope that something at least has changed among our neighbors.
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  1.   CHAG SAMEACH 11:05  |  Daniel Leopold 02/04/07
  2.   islam REMAINS ISLAM AND YOU CANNOT DEAL WITH IT !! 11:06  |  paul harris 02/04/07
  3.   Excellent English proverb for Olmert to remember 11:15  |  Clickfool 02/04/07
  4.   It`s time Israel changes 11:37  |  John 02/04/07
  5.   the change on the horizon is israel`s choice 11:56  |  eric 02/04/07
  6.   What a typically short memory Haaretz 12:05  |  Judith, Haifa 02/04/07
  7.   Paul Harris you confuse peace with surrender 12:09  |  Mark B. 02/04/07
  8.   To Clickfool 12:12  |  Mark B. 02/04/07
  9.   It`s time the Palestinians change 12:27  |  Yonatan 02/04/07
  10.   Paul Harris, you are an ugly bigot 12:38  |  Marilyn 02/04/07
  11.   To Yonathan 12:38  |  Mark B. 02/04/07
  12.   #5 ERIC CONFUSES HIMSELF WITH WAFFLE!! 13:14  |  paul harris 02/04/07
  13.   37 MARK B STOP SMOKING MARIJUANA 13:16  |  paul harris 02/04/07
  14.   To Mark B. - 1 13:27  |  Alicia 02/04/07
  15.   Marilyn - Israel basher 13:40  |  Ruth 02/04/07
  16.   "Painful concessions"... 13:46  |  Maureen Ann 02/04/07
  17.   Mark B. - 2 13:46  |  Alicia 02/04/07
  18.   In strange and far off lands 13:59  |  Benlolo 02/04/07
  19.   For Mark B, on screwing with reality # 11 14:32  |  Clickfool 02/04/07
  20.   #6 Judith, maybe it`s something to do with the "unilateral" bit 14:37  |  Johnboy 02/04/07
  21.   To Alicia 14:48  |  MArk B. 02/04/07
  22.   The Enslaved become the enslavers? 14:56  |  David Scheinmann 02/04/07
  23.   They Shoot Horses Dont They? 14:59  |  Ronnie Wolman 02/04/07
  24.   settler nation 15:11  |  otiwa ogede 02/04/07
  25.   Sorry I meant the Pharoah, not Herod. 15:12  |  David Scheinmann 02/04/07
  26.   Maureen Ann - an honest answer to a question with a sting 15:12  |  Chachmeister 02/04/07
  27.   Yeah, Scheinman 15:18  |  Benlolo 02/04/07
  28.   otiwa ogede # 24 15:22  |  ChanahS 02/04/07
  29.   Maureen Ann and stolen land 15:25  |  ChanahS 02/04/07
  30.   MORON ANN #16 15:27  |  GABE1 02/04/07
  31.   To Chachmeister on a `fair` land swap 15:30  |  David Scheinmann 02/04/07
  32.   Change among neighbours???? 15:53  |  Willy 02/04/07
  33.   Israel faces imminent military and political isolation 16:35  |  Rotunda 02/04/07
  34.   #16 Maureen 16:38  |  Willy 02/04/07
  35.   #26 Maureen Ann Re Chacmeister 16:42  |  Labhras 02/04/07
  36.   Paul Harris you hardly know islam 16:45  |  Taufik Druzi 02/04/07
  37.   #10Marlyn re harris 16:48  |  Labhras 02/04/07
  38.   #3 Clickfool 16:52  |  Labhras 02/04/07
  39.   Ottiwa Ogede confirms the gap between the two sides 16:58  |  Taufik Druzi 02/04/07
  40.   Amazing that an Israeli major media outlet 16:59  |  Chick Corea 02/04/07
  41.   Ronnie #23: the doubts & the risks - 17:17  |  Ivo 02/04/07
  42.   neighbours 17:45  |  Naim S. Mahlab 02/04/07
  43.   #27 Benolo 17:45  |  Labhras 02/04/07
  44.   That is not the question 17:45  |  Danite 02/04/07
  45.   Trying to understand Olmert 17:53  |  Tosefta 02/04/07
  46.   Labrhas #31 17:55  |  Chachmeister 02/04/07
  47.   Peace 18:04  |  Linda 02/04/07
  48.   #43 LAB-ARSE AND THE IRISH FROM EIRE 18:07  |  paul harris 02/04/07
  49.   Promises Promises 18:08  |  Zev 02/04/07
  50.   Jews (Yhudim) are the aborigines of Judea (Yhuda) 18:27  |  AV 02/04/07
  51.   How Olmert always misses his opportunity 18:40  |  Tosefta 02/04/07
  52.   After the first Pesakh, Jews refused to return to Israel 18:42  |  Hal 02/04/07
  53.   Marilyn 18:48  |  Connie 02/04/07
  54.   Israel must annex Judea 18:52  |  AV 02/04/07
  55.   JOHN 18:59  |  Connie 02/04/07
  56.   Labhras on expansionism 19:06  |  ballistic 02/04/07
  57.   #46 Chachmeister 19:31  |  Labhras 02/04/07
  58.   Palestines for Philistine 19:34  |  ScotGuy 02/04/07
  59.   Ivo: Prague Springs Forward 19:36  |  Ronnie Wolman 02/04/07
  60.   Saudi Plan BAD and Fatah ALSO Terrorists 20:07  |  Ben 02/04/07
  61.   David Scheinmann #22: try sunday school - 20:22  |  Ivo 02/04/07
  62.   Change among our neighbors... 20:27  |  Webster 02/04/07
  63.   Danite- My answer 20:27  |  GABE1 02/04/07
  64.   Ronnie #54 20:35  |  Ivo 02/04/07
  65.   HAG SAMEACH! 20:39  |  KUTW 02/04/07
  66.   4. John: It`s time Israel changes 20:42  |  KUTW 02/04/07
  67.   Question for Paul Harris # 48 21:14  |  Clickfool 02/04/07
  68.   Tosefta 45 interesting Tosefta 51 spot on 21:16  |  Michael 02/04/07
  69.   Time for the Arab countries to recognise Israel 21:17  |  Briton 02/04/07
  70.   #56 FAKE BALLISTIC. 21:28  |  Labhras 02/04/07
  71.   Hey Labhras; FAKE BALLISTIC at #56 21:32  |  ballistic 02/04/07
  72.   22. David Scheinmann: the enslavers 21:33  |  KUTW 02/04/07
  73.   24 otiwa ogede: the right thing 21:36  |  KUTW 02/04/07
  74.   Gabe1 21:59  |  Danite 02/04/07
  75.   An interview with Nonie Darwish(1/2) 22:02  |  KUTW 02/04/07
  76.   An interview with Nonie Darwish(2/2) 22:03  |  KUTW 02/04/07
  77.   ballistic re 71 22:07  |  Danite 02/04/07
  78.   clickfool and parsnips 22:11  |  Bill 02/04/07
  79.   #67 Clickfool re harris 22:27  |  Labhras 02/04/07
  80.   #70 Hey Labhras 22:47  |  ballistic 02/04/07
  81.   PAUL HARRIS 23:01  |  Peter 02/04/07
  82.   Marilyn 23:19  |  Kerry 02/04/07
  83.   Mark 23:20  |  Kerry Winn 02/04/07
  84.   #74 Ballistic re Golly wasser 23:21  |  Labhras 02/04/07
  85.   Mark B. 23:26  |  Kerry Winn 02/04/07
  86.   #77 Lucid poster??? Come on Danite! 23:28  |  ballistic 02/04/07
  87.   Tosefta #51 Misses? No, he rejects! 23:30  |  Stanley 02/04/07
  88.   "the afikoman (a piece of matza hidden during the seder...)" 23:43  |  Jew-DUH 02/04/07
  89.   #22 Hey Mr. Scheinmann 23:59  |  ballistic 02/04/07
  90.   # 36 taufik druzi 00:07  |  eric 03/04/07
  91.   Danite RE NO.63 00:19  |  GABE1 03/04/07
  92.   The rapacity and savagery of the jews 00:27  |  Randle Hamid Bate 03/04/07
  93.   Question for Peter # 81 00:39  |  Clickfool 03/04/07
  94.   Danite: Settlements 00:48  |  CHGODMK 03/04/07
  95.   ballistic please already 00:59  |  Danite 03/04/07
  96.   #84 Yup the same ole tired script!! 01:06  |  ballistic 03/04/07
  97.   #92. Yo Randle 01:08  |  Ambrose 03/04/07
  98.   Uh oh, Mr. Bate; I read your post and you sure 01:14  |  ballistic 03/04/07
  99.   opinion 01:49  |  salah 03/04/07
  100.   change - Jewish and Muslim 01:51  |  David Hoffman 03/04/07
  101.   to #92 02:27  |  Omri 03/04/07
  102.   ChanahS and the Ultraorthodox tolerance 02:34  |  Federico Glez 03/04/07
  103.   Saudi Plan a Hoax 03:41  |  Jane 03/04/07
  104.   82 KERRY your reply to MARILYN,fond Zionist myth 04:04  |  martha 03/04/07
  105.   #103, Jane, regarding Saudi plan 04:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/04/07
  106.   MARYLIN READ MY DETAILED REPLY TO KERRY 04:10  |  martha 03/04/07
  107.   Maureen Ann #16, Aborigines keep asking you the same question, .. 04:12  |  Chanan 03/04/07
  108.   26 CHATMEISTER,hey dude,i thought you were hare krishna 04:21  |  ralphie calling 03/04/07
  109.   48 SCOTT GUY. long before the defeat at the hands of Romans 04:37  |  martha 03/04/07
  110.   Ballistic support of Randle Bates 04:37  |  Reid 03/04/07
  111.   #7 Mark B. You confuse peace with talking 04:57  |  * BEN JABO 03/04/07
  112.   #22 David Scheinmann?? 05:06  |  * BEN JABO 03/04/07
  113.   Danite 05:44  |  Lynn 03/04/07
  114.   CHGODMK 06:54  |  Danite 03/04/07
  115.   Well Said, Haaretz !! 08:32  |  Dutch 03/04/07
  116.   Be wary of the peace of Islam 08:52  |  stork 03/04/07
  117.   92#randle 10:00  |  Alon Fisher 03/04/07
  118.   #110 Hey Reid re Mr. Bates` post! 10:03  |  ballistic 03/04/07
  119.   Support for #10 and #16 10:25  |  Andrew Watson 03/04/07
  120.   What hasn`t changed? 10:35  |  RAB 03/04/07
  121.   16#painful concessions 10:36  |  Das meister 03/04/07
  122.   To Connie: please stop the hasbara 10:49  |  John 03/04/07
  123.   Connie, the truth was out long ago... 10:53  |  John 03/04/07
  124.   # 103 Jane 11:02  |  Joe 03/04/07
  125.   #121 Das meister 11:25  |  Joe 03/04/07
  126.   To # 9 Jonatan and school maps 11:29  |  Ahmad 03/04/07
  127.   marilyn please help my people of Tibet & Germany 11:43  |  Das meister 03/04/07
  128.   To be free to travel to Dubai #17 Alicia 11:44  |  Ahmad 03/04/07
  129.   119 howabout support for 121? 11:59  |  jaun gomes 03/04/07
  130.   #26 A (fair) land swap is the way to go 12:03  |  Ahmad 03/04/07
  131.   #108 `sup Ralpheeeeey, how y`doin` bro!? 12:40  |  Chachmeister 03/04/07
  132.   #130 Ahmad 13:16  |  Chachmeister 03/04/07
  133.   #104 martha 13:18  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  134.   #Chachmeister and Labrhas 13:38  |  Maureen Ann 03/04/07
  135.   #128 Ahmad in Riyadh 13:49  |  Alicia 03/04/07
  136.   Maureen Ann 14:29  |  Chachmeister 03/04/07
  137.   Maureen Ann #16, Aborigines keep asking you the same question, .. 14:34  |  Chanan 03/04/07
  138.   #134 Maureen Ann 14:37  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  139.   #135 Alicia re Ahmed #128 14:46  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  140.   125#the Tibetans have got more humility than you Joe 15:02  |  Alon Fisher 03/04/07
  141.   #139 Labrhas; give me CONCRETE examples, not prejudices! 15:11  |  Alicia 03/04/07
  142.   #109 - Factoids form Martha 15:18  |  ScotGuy 03/04/07
  143.   127#stop wimpering das meister 15:33  |  ling hu 03/04/07
  144.   #133 Lahbras`s trip 15:33  |  ScotGuy 03/04/07
  145.   128#sadly enough ahmed i cant see my family in Tibet 15:44  |  Das meister 03/04/07
  146.   125#joe i am half tibetan 15:48  |  Das meister 03/04/07
  147.   Martha, Martha, and....Martha 16:10  |  Ambrose 03/04/07
  148.   #125 Joe in Ramallah 16:21  |  Alicia 03/04/07
  149.   response 16:23  |  Isabel 03/04/07
  150.   #148 Hey Isabel--What????!!! 16:42  |  ballistich 03/04/07
  151.   #144 Scotguy 16:44  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  152.   das meister get out of my country 16:44  |  volkdeutsche 03/04/07
  153.   to 22 KUTW - Israel vs Northern Ireland 16:46  |  David Scheinmann 03/04/07
  154.   maureen answer the tibetan dudes questions 16:47  |  Alon Fisher 03/04/07
  155.   Isabel in Edinburgh has rewritten history; NOBODY is asking you 16:49  |  Alicia 03/04/07
  156.   #141 Alicia 16:51  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  157.   TO JEWS AND MUSLIMS 16:52  |  true friend 03/04/07
  158.   112 BEN JABO 16:53  |  David Scheinmann 03/04/07
  159.   141 Alicia - Concrete facts? 16:58  |  David Scheinmann 03/04/07
  160.   How dare you isabel! 17:24  |  Alon Fisher 03/04/07
  161.   Thanks, Michael #68 17:43  |  Tosefta 03/04/07
  162.   Olmert`s intent (Michael #87) 17:48  |  Tosefta 03/04/07
  163.   Joe - Read What They are Saying Now 17:57  |  Jane 03/04/07
  164.   Works for Olmert - but not Israel 18:22  |  Mark Lincoln 03/04/07
  165.   it is time 18:28  |  Ballistic 03/04/07
  166.   Neighbors must first see that Israel has changed 18:29  |  Fritz 03/04/07
  167.   Joe from Ramallah 125 18:40  |  Ballistic 03/04/07
  168.   are the palestinians different from the algerians 18:47  |  harzion 03/04/07
  169.   #151 Barry goldwasserFAKE Ballistic 18:49  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  170.   #Hey Joe from Ramallah; Fake Ballistic at #157 19:06  |  ballistic 03/04/07
  171.   #157 Hey Barry; are we gonna continue 19:09  |  ballistic 03/04/07
  172.   #170 Ballistic 19:38  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  173.   #152 Blacks in Germany 19:39  |  Brad 03/04/07
  174.   166#no fritz chinese practice apartheit in tibet 19:49  |  das meister 03/04/07
  175.   Did Israel change in the first place ? 19:55  |  mehmet 03/04/07
  176.   ballistic i got my own personality 20:00  |  das meister 03/04/07
  177.   Mediocrity Galore 20:02  |  Baz Mann 03/04/07
  178.   #156 Labrhas 20:07  |  Alicia 03/04/07
  179.   #172 Bllistic ommission on last post 20:09  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  180.   #159 David Scheinmann 20:26  |  Alicia 03/04/07
  181.   115. Dutch 20:40  |  KUTW 03/04/07
  182.   Yeah, okay Barry! 20:42  |  ballistic 03/04/07
  183.   marilyn shepherd says PAUL HARRIS is ugly!!! 20:45  |  Ari ben Yisrael 03/04/07
  184.   #23 Ronnie on shooting horses! 20:49  |  Ari ben Yisrael 03/04/07
  185.   #10 Marilyn - that`s not at all nice 20:51  |  * BEN JABO 03/04/07
  186.   153. David Scheinmann: Israel vs Northern Ireland 21:14  |  KUTW 03/04/07
  187.   #160 Hey Alon; believing something and the truth 21:14  |  ballistic 03/04/07
  188.   Oh Mr. Scheinmann; we don`t read stuff 21:18  |  ballistic 03/04/07
  189.   For Ari ben Yisrael, who wants to see Paul Harris`s photo # 183 21:28  |  Clickfool 03/04/07
  190.   61 For IVO in PRAGUE 21:30  |  David Scheinmann 03/04/07
  191.   Oh yes, and her`s a photo of Marilyn for you to drool over # 183 21:31  |  Clickfool 03/04/07
  192.   180 ALICIA - please respond to my example 21:38  |  David Scheinmann 03/04/07
  193.   So what has actually changed? 21:44  |  FOX 03/04/07
  194.   178 Alicia 21:55  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  195.   #180 Alicia re David Scheinmann 22:02  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  196.   another point 22:27  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  197.   KUTW Israel parallels with Irish terrorism 22:33  |  David Scheinmann 03/04/07
  198.   # 130 Ahmad 22:37  |  ChanahS 03/04/07
  199.   What has not changed on this nite? 22:38  |  Heatherross 03/04/07
  200.   189 what ahtumping good idea POST PHOTOS WITH POSTS 22:54  |  paul harris 03/04/07
  201.   #192 David Scheinmann 23:08  |  Alicia 03/04/07
  202.   WHAT A BRAT 23:13  |  arab 03/04/07
  203.   BULLISTIC 23:17  |  Stash 03/04/07
  204.   Labrhas #194+5 23:27  |  Alicia 03/04/07
  205.   # 148 Alicia 23:31  |  Joe 03/04/07
  206.   #163 Jane, I have read what they are saying 23:44  |  Joe 03/04/07
  207.   #196 AN OBVIOUS FAKE 23:48  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  208.   Hey Stash; gee three village idiots in one day, say, 23:50  |  ballistic 03/04/07
  209.   #197 David Scheinmann 23:53  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  210.   #201 Alicia david scheinmann 23:55  |  Labhras 03/04/07
  211.   #200 Hey Paul; you excluded me!!! 23:59  |  ballistic 03/04/07
  212.   #204 Alicia 00:03  |  Labhras 04/04/07
  213.   Oh my Joe, #205; well, Joe, you laid out your 00:04  |  ballistic 04/04/07
  214.   #200 Sorry Paul Harris... 00:29  |  Chachmeister 04/04/07
  215.   #212 Labrhas 00:55  |  Alicia 04/04/07
  216.   Poor Ballislapstic - you don`t cause much an impression 01:00  |  Chachmeister 04/04/07
  217.   #200 Paul Harris. I never... 01:00  |  Maureen Ann 04/04/07
  218.   Hey Paul; don`t listen to Cachmeister! 01:10  |  ballistic 04/04/07
  219.   Cheer up! You need some Prozac. 01:14  |  Jason 04/04/07
  220.   #215 Alicia 01:25  |  Labhras 04/04/07
  221.   #316 Hey Cachmeister; I am a cheery person! 01:27  |  ballistic 04/04/07
  222.   @33, rotunda you are an idiot with falce numbers. 01:43  |  vladimir 04/04/07
  223.   @24, otiva we don´t consult macacos, go to your tree. 01:50  |  vladimir 04/04/07
  224.   Ballislapstic... you may be onto something 02:11  |  Chachmeister 04/04/07
  225.   Ballislapstic, you crack me up 02:29  |  Chachmeister 04/04/07
  226.   #223 Vladimir 02:30  |  ballistic 04/04/07
  227.   Maureen Ann #217, 16, is a settler on stolen Aborigines land 02:42  |  Chanan 04/04/07
  228.   Hey Cachmeister; you might have something there 03:09  |  ballistic 04/04/07
  229.   thanks vladimir 03:43  |  otiwa ogede 04/04/07
  230.   Daniel Leopold & Family (Post No. 1) 05:08  |  Johnny Weintraub 04/04/07
  231.   Maureen Ann 05:31  |  Mimi 04/04/07
  232.   This Passover is different from previous times because 05:39  |  Smadar 04/04/07
  233.   # 125 Joe, Why not hit two birds with one stone? 07:47  |  Dutch 04/04/07
  234.   not an arab to be trusted 07:55  |  real vision 04/04/07
  235.   losers weep 08:32  |  Himmo 04/04/07
  236.   Johnny Weintraub-#230 08:37  |  Daniel Leopold 04/04/07
  237.   #10 Marilyn, Right on! 08:46  |  Dutch 04/04/07
  238.   #Chanan living in the land of George Bush... 08:56  |  Maureen Ann 04/04/07
  239.   #Chachmeister/Labhras. "Greater Israel" (second attempt) 09:10  |  Maureen Ann 04/04/07
  240.   what hasn`t changed on this night 11:53  |  anthony 04/04/07
  241.   They haven`t changed and never will 15:36  |  Chaim 04/04/07
  242.   # Ben.AN HERE IT IS FOR THE DELUSIONALS..... 17:15  |  Kath` 04/04/07
  243.   Maureen Ann, re: Greater Israel 20:46  |  Mimi 04/04/07
  244.   Theft 11:06  |  Paul Macdonald 05/04/07
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