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Give them the Temple Mount By Akiva Eldar The good news is that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert recognizes that the only way to restore Mahmoud Abbas' stature, which Ariel Sharon stripped from him, is to translate the concept of "political horizon" into practical terms - i.e., into a document of principles for a final status agreement. The bad news is that Israel is sticking to the same basic conceptions that thwarted earlier attempts to deal with the "core issues" of borders, Jerusalem and the refugees. Just like at the Camp David summit seven years ago, policy-makers today expect that the Palestinians will give up on the issues of the territory on which the settlement blocs are built, the Temple Mount and the right of return. Once more, the language being employed in the country is of a zero-sum game. Palestinian concessions mean an Israeli victory; Israeli concessions mean a Palestinian victory. Except the price may be much higher. The Gaza Strip's fall into the hands of Hamas may only be a "down payment" before the transfer of control over the towns of the West Bank - a mere five minutes from Kfar Sava, as they say - to the government of Hamastan. The negotiations on the final status agreement between Israel and the PLO (which was also the signatory on behalf of the Palestinians on the Oslo Accords, not the Palestinian Authority), are being held face-to-face, but also with the parties' backs to each other. Advertisement At a time when representatives of the two sides are holding talks concerning the sensitive national and religious aspects of their respective ethos, they are keeping a close eye on the right-wing opposition at home. When Ehud Barak conferred with Yasser Arafat at Camp David on the matter of sovereignty over the Temple Mount, he was thinking about his coalition with the religious parties. Arafat was thinking about the reaction of the opponents to Oslo in the territories and about the Muslim world. Abbas, who is significantly weaker, will need to think about what Hamas will do to him if he dares to give in over an issue where the late mythical leader stood his ground. The international summit being organized by the Bush administration is Abbas' last throw of the dice. In the zero-sum game between him and Hamas, the loss of the bet will mean a victory for the camp that rejects a two-state solution. The only way that Israel and the United States can affect the struggle in the Palestinian camp is to take away the main contentious elements preoccupying the religious extremists - the Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem and the problem of the 1948 refugees - and to hand them over to the moderate secularists. On the other hand, if Abbas emerges from the negotiations without sovereignty over the Temple Mount and without Israeli recognition of the issue of the refugees as proposed by the Arab League (an agreed solution on the basis of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194) - he might as well stay home. In December 2000 then president Bill Clinton reached the conclusion that there would not be an Arab partner in a peace agreement without Palestinian or Islamic sovereignty over the Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. Gilad Sher, representing Barak in the meeting at which Clinton presented his plan, wrote in his book "Merhak negia" ("Just Beyond Reach"), that the president suggested that the Haram al-Sharif [the Noble Sanctuary, or Temple Mount], including the plaza and the mosques, would constitute Palestinian sovereign territory, and that the Western Wall and its complex would be under Israeli sovereignty. Sher says that during the cabinet discussion on the Clinton plan, Barak told the ministers he was not willing to be a party to such an arrangement, and said: "I have no intention of signing a document that will transfer sovereignty over the Temple Mount to the Palestinians." If Barak B intends to adopt the approach of Barak A, he should inform U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that it is all a waste of time and that she should spare what's left of President Bush's prestige. The continued dispute over the excavations the Palestinians are carrying out in the Temple Mount complex suggests that transfering sovereignty to them is no more than a virtual concession for Israel. An agreement that will include UNESCO supervision over the excavations and free access to the Israelis will improve the situation vis-a-vis this sensitive area. Receiving the prestigious keys to the holy site will bolster the pragmatists among the Palestinians, and will make it easier for them to relinquish their wish to use the keys to homes they left behind in Jaffa. The rocket of the international summit and the talks on a final status agreement has been launched, and it should not be recalled. If Israel succeeds in imposing on the Palestinian leadership the two concessions that the Palestinian public is unable to accept - the rocket will fall on our heads. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Nail in the coffin? Haniyeh: Arrival of blockade-busting boats spells end of Gaza siege. Operation Shalit Islamic Jihad urges Palestinian groups to kidnap Israeli soldiers.   1.   Give Them The Boot 10:03  |  Yishai Kohen 20/08/07   2.   Negotiations 10:10  |  Guido 20/08/07   3.   Another leftist giveaway mentality 10:13  |  Michael 20/08/07   4.   GIVE THEM NOTHING THEY HAVE MECCA AND MEDINA 10:18  |  paul harris 20/08/07   5.   fake indrajaya # 1 alert 10:30  |  indrajaya 20/08/07   6.   Palestinian State(racist/terror) is absolutely suicide for Israel 10:32  |  Pavel 20/08/07   7.   Eldar 10:33  |  j10 20/08/07   8.   # 6, FALSE INDRAJAYA 10:39  |  indrajaya 20/08/07   9.   Eqitable & practical plan to sort out Hamas & end the occupation: 10:42  |  Uzi 20/08/07   10.   # 6, FAKE INDRAJAYA 10:42  |  indrajaya 20/08/07   11.   Which Filastinees? 10:43  |  Judith, Haifa 20/08/07   12.   I forgot, the really good news is that Olmert 10:48  |  Judith, Haifa 20/08/07   13.   I didn`t wait 2000 years to say next year in Al Quds 10:50  |  Burned Liberal 20/08/07   14.   Lose the Temple Mount, lose the state 10:53  |  Moshe 20/08/07   15.   Why Would They Stop Pressuring? 10:58  |  Yisrael Medad 20/08/07   16.   Where is the acceptance of Israel as a Jewish-majority country? 11:04  |  Sam 20/08/07   17.   Guido, on what is needed #3 11:04  |  FOX 20/08/07   18.   Self hate, cowardice and appeasement!!!!!! 11:04  |  Jeremy 20/08/07   19.   We will NEVER SURRENDER!!!!!! 11:08  |  Ben Uziel 20/08/07   20.   # 10, MOSHE 11:12  |  indrajaya 20/08/07   21.   This is ridicoulous 11:13  |  Maimon 20/08/07   22.   PERFIDY: Sick and twisted 11:14  |  Elai 20/08/07   23.   I`d sooner stab my eyes out with toothpicks 11:14  |  SystemF 20/08/07   24.   JERUSALEM ROSE & JERUSALEM KING 11:15  |  love and peace 20/08/07   25.   ALWAYS STUPID SUBJECTS ! YUHHHHHHHH 11:19  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 20/08/07   26.   ALERT: FAKE INDRAJAYA # 11 11:19  |  indrajaya 20/08/07   27.   Didn`t I tell you, Israel doesn`t want Peace? 11:20  |  Sharif Hafez 20/08/07   28.   #2 - you`ve been giving them the boot for the last 40 years 11:25  |  Danny 20/08/07   29.   In a nutshell, and all will be well. 11:27  |  sandra chitayat 20/08/07   30.   No hope 11:39  |  Mohammed 20/08/07   31.   The old city and the Temple Mount should be "Vaticanized" 11:40  |  Israeli 20/08/07   32.   Indrajaya...EVERYTHING about you is fake som quit whining.... 11:40  |  Maimon 20/08/07   33.   Pathetic Eldar Champion of Islamic fundamentalism 11:44  |  Shalom Freedman 20/08/07   34.   #32- If Israel would have given them the boot... 11:44  |  Dani 20/08/07   35.   32: Danny, two logical fallacies 11:45  |  David Teich 20/08/07   36.   THE HEADING IS WRONG 11:46  |  indrajaya 20/08/07   37.   To Yishai Kohen 12:02  |  Hisham 20/08/07   38.   LET "THEM" throw stones unhindred at the Jews below! 12:14  |  PETER SM 20/08/07   39.   NON NEGOTIABLE 12:20  |  SM 20/08/07   40.   WHY do"they"turn their backsides to Jerusalem when praying 12:22  |  PETER SM 20/08/07   41.   I LOVE YOU HAARETZ :) MAN YOU FUNNY :) 12:26  |  Atilla 20/08/07   42.   # 43, PETER SM 12:29  |  indrajaya 20/08/07   43.   Tali Farkash ! your people very funny :) 12:34  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 20/08/07   44.   Peter SM 12:34  |  Hisham 20/08/07   45.   S #7 why the exagerration? 12:36  |  dana 20/08/07   46.   Borders, Jerusalem and the refugees plus buying time. 12:45  |  Simon 20/08/07   47.   Elai #24 Thank you - you said it all ...... 12:50  |  Miriam 20/08/07   48.   Mr AKIVA ELDAR, this is a very SENSIBLE DEDUCTION. 12:54  |  Harrison. 20/08/07   49.   The most sensible piece I have seen on the topic,there is no 13:00  |  lakshmi 20/08/07   50.   Temple Mount 13:01  |  mohd amin 20/08/07   51.   Look at the writers of Haaretz. All Extreme radicals 13:05  |  Ken Jurist 20/08/07   52.   Temple Mount 13:06  |  mohd amin 20/08/07   53.   Akiva Eldar is definitely right. 13:07  |  Moshe Stein 20/08/07   54.   HELLO, can someone stop this atilla karagosog Borat alike posting 13:08  |  mary for jews 20/08/07   55.   TO HAARETZ 13:10  |  indrajaya 20/08/07   56.   Mahmoud Abbas 13:10  |  M 20/08/07   57.   If a Beast wants to eat you, feed it a limb or two first 13:47  |  Efox 20/08/07   58.   Temple Mount belongs to Messiah 13:54  |  rob 20/08/07   59.   Pals in Jordan 14:07  |  Lynn 20/08/07   60.   Give the all... 14:07  |  Kerry G 20/08/07   61.   Mhmd Abbas 14:08  |  Hisham 20/08/07   62.   great idea 14:08  |  marwan 20/08/07   63.   WHY, AKIVA??? 14:19  |  Brant 20/08/07   64.   SEDITION!!!! 14:31  |  Ron 20/08/07   65.   If merciful to the cruel, then u r cruel to the mercifull!!!!!!!! 14:37  |  Ben Uziel 20/08/07   66.   Dhimmitude par excellence 14:40  |  Teez El-Nabi 20/08/07   67.   akiva eldar 14:49  |  Sok Mei Dik 20/08/07   68.   indrajaya.Why destroy Jewish artifacts? Because they do it now. 14:53  |  PETER SM 20/08/07   69.   The more you give the more they want 14:54  |  Zev 20/08/07   70.   Temple Mount 14:57  |  Avi Yerushalmi 20/08/07   71.   @25 Atilla Karagözoğlu 15:00  |  Ralph 20/08/07   72.   Is this column supposed to be considered as moderate 15:07  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   73.   Let`s give them Akiva Elder and keep the Temple Mount 15:12  |  S Judah 20/08/07   74.   to Lakshmi and the camel you rode in on 15:29  |  WWACD 20/08/07   75.   Muslim Holy Sites to Muslims 15:33  |  Jane 20/08/07   76.   Nothing will pacify the palestinians... 15:33  |  Walter 20/08/07   77.   Akiva`s column is of the same pen as Holocaust denial 15:37  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   78.   This Akiva`s column is of the same `flag of satan` that say 15:41  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   79.   This Akiva`s column is a qur`an verse western jihadism style 15:44  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   80.   Stripping Abbas` Stature 15:50  |  Barry 20/08/07   81.   Lets judge the idea by its supporters 15:53  |  Daniel 20/08/07   82.   @37, hisham, are you muslim? you are too 15:53  |  vladimir 20/08/07   83.   Lets judge the idea by its supporters 15:53  |  Daniel 20/08/07   84.   Levy yesterday,Akiva today,yeah right,`Model State` citizenry 15:54  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   85.   Dana #45 15:56  |  S 20/08/07   86.   An other daily brainwash of qur`an verses a la western jihadism s 15:58  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   87.   Great idea 16:01  |  peter 20/08/07   88.   Akiva want to reward terror with Temple Mount 16:06  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   89.   Akiva excuse would be that he was just following orders 16:08  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   90.   If you love Israel, help end the dangerous "peace process" 16:09  |  Chaim 20/08/07   91.   According to Quran !!! part 1 16:11  |  Indrajaya 20/08/07   92.   Is Akiva bending to Mecca , is Akiva working for O.I.C 16:11  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   93.   According to Quran !!! part 2 16:12  |  Indrajaya 20/08/07   94.   According to Quran !!! part 3 16:14  |  Indrajaya 20/08/07   95.   According to Quran !!! part 4 16:16  |  Indrajaya 20/08/07   96.   why fight? why not share? 16:18  |  Hisham 20/08/07   97.   Tha HAVE the mount!! 16:20  |  Maimon 20/08/07   98.   It would be a great site for Qassam launchers 16:21  |  Herbert Kaine 20/08/07   99.   Temple Mount 16:27  |  Ceaser 20/08/07   100.   Just like 7 years ago! 16:28  |  Michael 20/08/07   101.   Dear Haaretz 16:40  |  CHGODMK 20/08/07   102.   NOT REPORTED BY HAARETZ... 16:41  |  Brant 20/08/07   103.   Akiva Eldar correct, reasonable offer then & now 16:49  |  Smadar 20/08/07   104.   HISHAM`S FAIR QUESTION: 16:51  |  Brant 20/08/07   105.   Give them NOTHING.... 16:53  |  Dagma 20/08/07   106.   # 69 " World Peace , The spin line against jewish state identity" 17:22  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   107.   Status Quo 17:26  |  Avi Yerushalmi 20/08/07   108.   dana #45 second try 17:31  |  S 20/08/07   109.   TRAITOR!!! 17:33  |  Yos 20/08/07   110.   Ben #64 Hear the cry for Jerusalem from the heart of a true Jew. 17:33  |  Simon 20/08/07   111.   Eldar is right on the keys to Jaffa 17:35  |  Rebekah S 20/08/07   112.   Israel is invulnerable 17:38  |  Mark Marshall 20/08/07   113.   Iakshmi # 49 In That Case,... 17:38  |  Jeff Northridge 20/08/07   114.   The most beautiful and/or helpful ideas that came up till now 17:38  |  J.M.Jordan 20/08/07   115.   give them the temple mount 17:40  |  bear 20/08/07   116.   Oh yeh.... 17:41  |  Carli 20/08/07   117.   To Lakshmi and the camel she rode in on 17:43  |  WWACD 20/08/07   118.   Shards and the Nutshell (dome of mosque) 17:49  |  Leah Vanatta Fisher 20/08/07   119.   Muslims will never give up Al-Aqsa. Never ever 17:53  |  Serenity 20/08/07   120.   A.Eldar,G.Levy,A.Hass are ready to give whole Israel to PALS 17:59  |  Vittorio 20/08/07   121.   FAKE indrajaya # 66 68 69 70 18:01  |  Serenity 20/08/07   122.   Danny 18:07  |  Leah Vanatta Fisher 20/08/07   123.   The Ignoble Mosque 18:12  |  Robert Blum 20/08/07   124.   Jewish reunited in Israel not for the better 18:12  |  Serenity 20/08/07   125.   The heading and Danny 18:15  |  Leah Vanatta Fisher 20/08/07   126.   NEVER give the Temple Mount to people who face Mecca... 18:16  |  Ohev Tsion 20/08/07   127.   Peter 18:22  |  Leah Vanatta Fisher 20/08/07   128.   Hisham # 67 Sharing 18:24  |  Jeff Northridge 20/08/07   129.   Peter 18:25  |  Leah Vanatta Fisher 20/08/07   130.   Why BArak Deal On TempleMount/Old City Was BAD! 18:33  |  Ben 20/08/07   131.   #4 Paul Harris 18:34  |  ballistic 20/08/07   132.   In the Case of Borat 18:37  |  L. V. Fisher 20/08/07   133.   #68 Indrajaya 18:43  |  ballistic 20/08/07   134.   Eldar is right: Full, sustained appeasement is Israel`s only hop 18:44  |  Neville Chamberlain 20/08/07   135.   #79 Say Brant 18:45  |  ballistic 20/08/07   136.   To # 92 Vittorio 18:50  |  Dagma 20/08/07   137.   Who is Eldar, to Challenge the Living G-D over the Temple Mount? 18:52  |  Linda Rivera 20/08/07   138.   dana #45 third try 19:00  |  S 20/08/07   139.   no way. we made mistakes on the temple mount before. not again. 19:03  |  ralph 20/08/07   140.   To Moslem `Serentiy` of France 19:06  |  Ben 20/08/07   141.   Give Them Akiva Eldar 19:08  |  Erik 20/08/07   142.   Ben # 140 19:24  |  Robert Blum 20/08/07   143.   The "Only Way" Of Akivar Eldar 19:27  |  Jeff Northridge 20/08/07   144.   Akiva Eldar- NINKAMPOOP 19:37  |  GABE1 20/08/07   145.   Linda Rivera and UNDERSTANDING ELDAR 19:44  |  GABE1 20/08/07   146.   insanity 20:03  |  ozge 20/08/07   147.   Make all of Jerusalem an International City 20:11  |  Mr. Knowitall 20/08/07   148.   ISRAELI #31 20:13  |  Steve Beikirch 20/08/07   149.   ISRAELI #31 20:15  |  Steve Beikirch 20/08/07   150.   113Howdy Jeff,you are wrapping yourself in a cocoon,since the 20:16  |  lakshmi 20/08/07   151.   AKIVA ELDAR GET LOST AND DON`T COME BACK!!! 20:19  |  TIME TO THINK 20/08/07   152.   Give them Akiva Eldar (and the rest of the Haaretzshugganas) 20:22  |  Tod Zuckerman 20/08/07   153.   TO PETER SM #40 20:22  |  Steve Beikirch 20/08/07   154.   holy sites 20:23  |  jHenosch 20/08/07   155.   Akiva Eldar 20:24  |  Mordechai Beck 20/08/07   156.   Get over it 20:27  |  Don 20/08/07   157.   Ballistic: ignorant? Liar? Arab (both)? 20:28  |  WWACD 20/08/07   158.   There`s Enough Room Up There 20:36  |  Jeff Northridge 20/08/07   159.   Olmerts folly 20:46  |  Jo Jo 20/08/07   160.   #124 - Serenity. For your perusal 20:58  |  WWACD 20/08/07   161.   Akiva say may incite arabs to violence , no wonder 21:01  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   162.   Akiva Eldar 21:05  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/08/07   163.   Don... 21:06  |  Daniel 20/08/07   164.   eldar, just received news that there is an available condo in 21:13  |  yordim inc. 20/08/07   165.   serenity: Men of valor over men in number!!! 21:21  |  Ben Uziel 20/08/07   166.   89 % of Israeli Jews refuse to give up the Temple Mount 21:22  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07   167.   a final status agreement. 21:22  |  KUTW 20/08/07   168.   Misguided policies 21:23  |  Schtarker Yid 20/08/07   169.   Peace 21:24  |  P. J. Casey 20/08/07   170.   Which refugees? 21:26  |  KUTW 20/08/07   171.   JERUSALEM WILL BE JEWISH FOREVER!!! 21:26  |  anna 20/08/07   172.   The so-called ?refugees? again 21:28  |  KUTW 20/08/07   173.   This Article Is Pointless 21:28  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/08/07   174.   Haram al Sharif aka Temple Mount 21:33  |  Jim 20/08/07   175.   The Jews? holiest site 21:34  |  KUTW 20/08/07   176.   Camp David summit 21:37  |  KUTW 20/08/07   177.   You are right, Mr. Eldar 21:39  |  KUTW 20/08/07   178.   MARRY CHIRISTMAS...ATILLA IS DEAD. 21:41  |  NO ATİLLA 20/08/07   179.   Bill Clinton? 21:51  |  Dr David I. Gross 20/08/07   180.   IMHO ... 21:53  |  Ernie 20/08/07   181.   #154 Say WWACD 21:58  |  ballistic 20/08/07   182.   Akiva Give them your home first 21:59  |  Sami C 20/08/07   183.   NO BUDDY LOVES ATİLLA 21:59  |  NO LOVE 20/08/07   184.   # 93 According to the Quraan 22:06  |  Maurice Sneh 20/08/07   185.   # #105 Give them Akiva anytime, pleaae 22:09  |  Marco B 20/08/07   186.   Give them your home first Akiva, you silly twit 22:13  |  Izy K 20/08/07   187.   strange logic: Jews wanting to own a Muslim shrine..... 22:19  |  Ernst 20/08/07   188.   Akiva the comedian 22:20  |  Alan L 20/08/07   189.   IN THE NAME OF ALLAH (C.C) 22:29  |  A Jew 20/08/07   190.   I LOVE TALI FARKASHHHHHHHHHH 22:31  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 20/08/07   191.   MY BROTHER HAARETZ, PUBLISH MY TALİ LOVE 22:33  |  Atilla 20/08/07   192.   Bankrupt 22:44  |  Gilad 20/08/07   193.   Israel has Temple Arabs have 22 states 22:46  |  sam 20/08/07   194.   WHY STOP THERE, AKIVA ELDAR 22:48  |  Gil 20/08/07   195.   JEWS HATE ATİLLA 23:01  |  UN LUCKY MAN 20/08/07   196.   hey ballestic # 181 i remember you pulling that,"follow up 23:02  |  terrornator 20/08/07   197.   SADECE TALİ FARKASHI SEVDİM. DUYSUN HERKESSSSS 23:03  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 20/08/07   198.   JESUS LOVES ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 23:05  |  ? 20/08/07   199.   WHY GIVE THEM WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE? 23:05  |  PalestiniansAreAMyth 20/08/07   200.   Zion = today`s Temple Mount + Silwan 23:07  |  AV 20/08/07   201.   I AM ISRAEL, GOOD NIGHT 23:08  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 20/08/07   202.   HHARETS, PLAESE DONT BE JERK. 23:12  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 20/08/07   203.   #181 HELLO BALLISTIC!!! 23:12  |  tad 20/08/07   204.   Akiva is degenerate , probably writes from NY 23:15  |  Sal 20/08/07   205.   I do love tali farkash 23:23  |  ı realy do 20/08/07   206.   does tali farkash loves atilla ? 23:25  |  Atilla 20/08/07   207.   #14 loose the Temple Mount 23:27  |  vic 20/08/07   208.   Whoah there hickchick #181 23:29  |  WWACD 20/08/07   209.   Mr. Sullivan 23:38  |  Goldenberg 20/08/07   210.   Rebuild 3rd Temple, use pilgrim tourism revenues to fund hi-tek 23:39  |  Hal 20/08/07   211.   #156 Don--Excellent right on point post!!! Tell them! 23:40  |  tad 20/08/07   212.   `Cause Mohammed was upset when Jews didn`t not follow him... 23:42  |  Sammy 20/08/07   213.   The advantages of giving away the Temple Mount 23:42  |  Tosefta 20/08/07   214.   AV, I refer you to my letter above 23:43  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/08/07   215.   135 ballistic "Jews and Muslims have lived together peacefully- 23:47  |  BMD 20/08/07   216.   #124 Serenity about WWACD posts 23:47  |  tad 20/08/07   217.   There never was a Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount 23:57  |  Ivar 20/08/07   218.   Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims 23:59  |  Bill 20/08/07   219.   # 30 Mohammed : there is hope 00:00  |  Harron from Haifa 21/08/07   220.   I love you night censor! 00:00  |  WWACD 21/08/07   221.   #185 BTW Terrornator 00:06  |  ballistic 21/08/07   222.   To # 159 Jo Jo 00:07  |  Dagma 21/08/07   223.   173Yaakov Sullivan is right,and Howdy Jeff158,misguided! 00:15  |  lakshmi 21/08/07   224.   #133, Ballistic 00:17  |  Hannah 21/08/07   225.   Sharif hafez #27 00:17  |  ka 21/08/07   226.   #181 Ballistic 00:18  |  Labhras 21/08/07   227.   #188 Say Tad 00:20  |  ballistic 21/08/07   228.   Actually Mohamed never reached the Temple Mount , 00:29  |  Joseph E . Post 2 21/08/07   229.   gre2375 00:36  |  Grigoriy Mendelson 21/08/07   230.   #162 - CJ Kohn 00:49  |  WWACD 21/08/07   231.   The advantages of giving away the Temple Mount 00:50  |  Tosefta 21/08/07   232.   BALLISTIC #135: My Reply 00:50  |  Brant 21/08/07   233.   Conspiracy theory regarding Slowman 00:55  |  Akiva Eldar 21/08/07   234.   Ballistic - #192 01:03  |  WWACD 21/08/07   235.   Hannah - I agree 01:14  |  WWACD 21/08/07   236.   181Ballistic,greetings! good to have you back.As you can see,the 01:21  |  lakshmi 21/08/07   237.   ballestic,let me refresh your memory,the night we had our 01:24  |  terrornator 21/08/07   238.   #216 Tad - You`re a fan! I`m touched. 01:27  |  WWACD 21/08/07   239.   218Hannah,Labhras,Ballistic,greetings,do check my post 217,with 01:33  |  lakshmi 21/08/07   240.   tad and his/her concern of personal attacks 01:34  |  terrornator 21/08/07   241.   LAKSHMI AND THE ZIONISTS 01:35  |  Brant 21/08/07   242.   Give them the Temple Mount 01:37  |  Martin List,M.D. 21/08/07   243.   #233 - How dare you! 01:42  |  WWACD 21/08/07   244.   God commands Jews to rebuild the Temple 01:50  |  AV 21/08/07   245.   We must disempower Islamists 01:57  |  AV 21/08/07   246.   #237 Terrornator--take a break!!! 02:03  |  ballistic 21/08/07   247.   They already have it.. 02:07  |  Lisen 21/08/07   248.   Talkbacks require prompt publishing 02:08  |  AV 21/08/07   249.   #238 WWACD 02:09  |  tad 21/08/07   250.   #233 Akiva Eldar 02:10  |  Che cavara 21/08/07   251.   #233 conspiracy theory re slowman - yeh! 02:13  |  dana 21/08/07   252.   Yeah boy Yeah!!! - tad #249 02:48  |  WWACD 21/08/07   253.   Tosefta # 231 Why Should Israel Do That? 02:49  |  Jeff Northridge 21/08/07   254.   #1, Yishai Kohen 02:57  |  Hannah 21/08/07   255.   #224 False Hannah Alert 03:00  |  Hannah 21/08/07   256.   #228, Joseph E. 03:01  |  Hannah 21/08/07   257.   242Martin List,in the case of Pakistan & Indian refugees 03:05  |  lakshmi 21/08/07   258.   #235, Tad, squatting upon Palestinian soil 03:08  |  Hannah 21/08/07   259.   AV # 244 OK, But... 03:18  |  Jeff Northridge 21/08/07   260.   FIGHT AGAINST G-D AND HIS WORD OR ISLAM AND WORLD CHOOSE 03:46  |  Bill 21/08/07   261.   #245, AV 04:01  |  Hannah 21/08/07   262.   #242, Martin List 04:07  |  Hannah 21/08/07   263.   Good way to start a Civil War 04:19  |  ralphsrant1 21/08/07   264.   # 224 to Hannah 04:29  |  Joseph E . 21/08/07   265.   Chinese wisdom for Jeff Northridge 04:49  |  Akiva Eldar 21/08/07   266.   #258 Hi Hannah 04:59  |  tad 21/08/07   267.   Eldar doesn`t go to synagogue, so won`t live long 05:04  |  Ginzburg 21/08/07   268.   #236 Hi there Lakshmi 05:07  |  ballistic 21/08/07   269.   #224 Hi Hannah 05:13  |  ballistic 21/08/07   270.   #232 Hi Brant 05:17  |  ballistic 21/08/07   271.   #265, Jewish wisdom for fake Akiva 05:25  |  Cipora julianna kohn 21/08/07   272.   FAKE HANNAH (aka Ms Kohn) ALERT! #255 05:28  |  Hannah 21/08/07   273.   Recent DNA research indicates all cousins 05:30  |  Smadar 21/08/07   274.   It is not enough 05:32  |  Amin Nusseibeh 21/08/07   275.   # 121, SERENITY (THANKS) 05:40  |  indrajaya 21/08/07   276.   #253 No, Jeff, Israel does not have sovereignty 05:47  |  Johnboy 21/08/07   277.   AKIVA E.Re Slowman simple.go to J.Post if you are sick of 05:55  |  PETER SM 21/08/07   278.   It`s never really been about peace. 06:18  |  Chaim 21/08/07   279.   #267 Ginzburg - Who are you calling " the old shmatta "? 06:23  |  Smadar 21/08/07   280.   Let gogs arrows have it 06:34  |  jlynch 21/08/07   281.   Give Them Eldar and Olmert 07:08  |  G.Enerous 21/08/07   282.   Sharing Al-Haram El-Sherif is key to Peace 07:16  |  Ibrahim 21/08/07   283.   #49 - This article should make no sense to you whatsoever... 07:20  |  Mimi 21/08/07   284.   If Olmert suggests giving Temple Mount, I will move to Israel 07:51  |  NYC 21/08/07   285.   on your side 08:00  |  claire 21/08/07   286.   Akiva give the pal`s your self..... 08:04  |  Misha 21/08/07   287.   #121 Serenidty 08:50  |  Indrajaya 21/08/07   288.   jewnalism 09:02  |  ron 21/08/07   289.   SOME JEWS HATE JUDAISM so much that they`d rather see the country 09:26  |  Leon Freeman 21/08/07   290.   #269, Ballistic 09:34  |  Hannah 21/08/07   291.   S#85 - one response deserves another/ 10:04  |  dana 21/08/07   292.   Israeli - you got it right! 10:06  |  Mohamed Osman 21/08/07   293.   The true hope and cause for Jerusalem Ezekiel 36:26. 10:14  |  Simon 21/08/07   294.   giving up the holiest patch of land on earth? 11:07  |  anon 21/08/07   295.   correction on nr 294 14:01  |  anon 21/08/07   296.   #273 Smadar 16:24  |  ballistic 21/08/07   297.   #290 Hi Hannah 16:28  |  ballistic 21/08/07   298.   Are you insane? 17:13  |  David 21/08/07   299.   Akiva forget the Battle of Britain & wrote a flimsy article. 00:35  |  Akram Zekaria 22/08/07   300.   Temple Mount 17:42  |  Connie 22/08/07   301.   #300 Connie, Twisting the truth.. 19:35  |  Dutch 22/08/07   302.   Temple Mount BELONGS to The Jewish People! 20:42  |  Georgia Carr 24/08/07   303.   Give away the Temple Mount 20:45  |  pahoo katawah 28/08/07   304.   temple mount 05:46  |  MARCELO 29/08/07   305.   No More Land ! 07:10  |  kimber 29/08/07   306.   Leave Jerusalem to who it belongs to. 20:45  |  Believer in Messiah 10/07/08

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