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Bush being escorted by Abbas upon his arrival in Ramallah on Thursday. (Reuters)
Last update - 00:00 11/01/2008
Bush implores government ministers to keep Olmert in power
By Aluf Benn and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents, The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
Tags: George W. Bush, Israel, U.S. 

U.S. President George W. Bush implored government ministers Thursday to stay behind Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, urging them to keep him in power.

At a dinner held in his honor at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, Bush referred to the prime minister as a strong leader, adding that he holds him in high regard. Bush arrived in Israel for a three-day on Wednesday.

The comments come amid concerns the coalition government could collapse should Olmert make far-reaching concessions to the Palestinians.
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Industry, Labor, and Trade Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) told Bush that he is "not willing to compromise on Jerusalem." Yishai recited several psalms that emphasize the importance of the holy city.

"We cannot make peace with half of the Palestinian nation, which is all that is ruled by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas," Yishai added.

"We saw what happened when we left Gaza," Yishai said. "We cannot accept a similar situation tomorrow in the West Bank. Hamas entered every place we left. We cannot compromise on Israel's security. The problem with Hamas is that it wants to destroy Israel."

Yishai gave the visiting American president a letter from Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef urging the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, as well as a letter from Pollard's wife Esther.

Yishai raised the issue of Pollard's release, sentenced to life imprisonment for selling military secrets to Israel, despite the fact that Olmert had explicitly asked the ministers to refrain from doing so.

Bush: Palestinian state is solution to refugee issue

Earlier Thursday, Bush laid out his vision for resolving some of the most contentious issues dividing Israelis and Palestinians, including the matter of Palestinian refugees, which he said would be resolved by the creation of a Palestinian state and compensation.

"I believe we need to look to the establishment of a Palestinian state and new international mechanisms, including compensation, to resolve the refugee issue," said Bush, in a statement summing up two days of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

"There should be an end to the occupation that began in 1967," continued Bush. "The agreement must establish Palestine as a homeland for the Palestinian people, just as Israel is a homeland for the Jewish people."

"These negotiations must ensure that Israel has secure, recognized, and defensible borders," he said. "And they must ensure that the state of Palestine is viable, contiguous, sovereign, and independent."

The U.S. president reiterated a previous commitment he gave to then prime minister Ariel Sharon, saying Israel should not be expected to withdraw fully from territory captured in the Six-Day War.

"While territory is an issue for both parties to decide, I believe that any peace agreement between them will require mutually agreed adjustments to the armistice lines of 1949 to reflect current realities and to ensure that the Palestinian state is viable and contiguous," he said.

He offered no specifics to resolve the conflicting claims to Jerusalem, but urged both sides to work toward a solution. "I know Jerusalem is a tough issue," Bush said. "Both sides have deeply felt political and religious concerns."

"I fully understand that finding a solution to this issue will be one of the most difficult challenges on the road to peace, but that is the road we have chosen to walk," he added.

The president said Israel and the Palestinians must both live up to their commitments under the long-dormant road map for peace.

"On the Israeli side that includes ending settlement expansion and removing unauthorized outposts," Bush said. On the Palestinian side that includes confronting terrorists and dismantling terrorist infrastructure ... no agreement and no Palestinian state will be born of terror."

Bush added that the sides should be able to reach an agreement by the end of 2008, as they agreed to do at the U.S.-hosted Middle East peace conference in Annapolis in November.

"A peace agreement should happen and can happen by the end of this year," said the American president. "I know both leaders share this important goal and I am committed to helping both sides achieve it."

Within minutes, Bush's national security adviser Stephen Hadley said the president would return to the Middle East at least once and maybe more over the next year. He wouldn't elaborate on possible destinations.

Bush also called on Arab states to reach out to Israel, saying this was "long overdue."

Bush names U.S. General as new road map monitor

Bush earlier named Lt. Gen. William Fraser to monitor the Israeli-Palestinian "road map" for peace, the White House said Thursday.

Fraser, who has served as assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will "help monitor road map commitments", White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.

The U.S. president met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah earlier in the day, telling a press conference that he is confident that the Israelis and the Palestinians will reach a peace deal in 2008.

"In order for there to be lasting peace, President Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert have to come together and make tough choices," Bush said at a joint press conference with Abbas.

"And I'm convinced they will. And I believe it's possible - not only possible, I believe it's going to happen - that there be a signed peace treaty by the time I leave office [in January 2009]. That's what I believe."

Bush spent much of Thursday in the West Bank, including a pilgrimage to Jesus' traditional birth grotto in biblical Bethlehem.

The president arrived at Abbas' headquarters on Thursday for his first-ever visit to the Palestinian territories. Abbas greeted Bush as he emerged from his car in the walled compound. The two men walked side by side along a red carpet, flanked by Palestinian security in olive-and-gold uniforms.

He also accused terrorists of trying to ruin Palestinian hopes for statehood.

Abbas "knows that a handful of people want to dash the expectations of the Palestinian people," he said. "I appreciate your [Abbas'] understanding that the way to achieve peace is to offer an alternative vision of liberty."

The president said that the Americans are "very much engaged" in peace negotiations. "I am confident that with proper help, the state of Palestine will emerge... I am confident that the status quo is unacceptable, Mr. President," he said to Abbas.

Responding to a question about West Bank settlements, Bush said that "each side has got obligations under the road map... we have made our concerns about the expansion of settlements known."

Under the U.S.-backed road map for peace, Israel must halt the expansion of settlements in the first phase, and Palestinian security services must counter terrorism.

"I believe Palestinian security forces are improving... my message to the Israelis is that they ought to help, not hinder, the modernization of the Palestinian security forces," Bush said.

Abbas: Palestinians seek a state with Jerusalem as its capital

Abbas said that he and Bush agreed on the points they raised during the meeting. During the press conference, he spelled out Palestinian demands, saying that his people seek a state with "Jerusalem as its capital and an end to the refugee problem, in accordance with UN decisions."

"The Palestinian people, who are committed to peace, want to move freely in their country, with no roadblocks, [separation] fence or settlements... We want to see a different future, without thousands of prisoners in jail and innocent deaths. We want to stop the closure," Abbas continued.

In response to a question on Israel Defense Forces checkpoints in the West Bank, designed to prevent terror attacks on Israelis targets but which hinder Palestinian freedom of movement, Bush said he identified with both sides' positions.

He said that the Israelis "don't want a state on their border on which attacks can be launched. I can understand that... The checkpoints create security for Israel and they create frustrations for Palestinians."

On the Gaza Strip, which is under the control of the extremist Hamas movement since a bloody June takeover, Bush said that "there is a competing vision taking place in Gaza."

"Hamas... has delivered nothing but misery. I'm convinced his [Abbas'] government will yield a hopeful future."

Abbas echoed the sentiments, saying, "Hamas has to retreat from its coup, then we can talk."

Ahead of the visit, Palestinian police sealed off streets and erected checkpoints in large parts of the city, and residents in nearby buildings were told to stay away from windows and balconies. Palestinian security officials said U.S. snipers were being deployed in the area.

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      1.   Olmert:`Bush didn`t ask me to stop settlement expansions` 03:32  |  Scott Hunter 10/01/08
      2.   There is a Palestinian state already,that happened in 1988 with 03:37  |  lakshmi 10/01/08
      3.   Bush to tell Abbas 03:43  |  akiva (zionist) 10/01/08
      4.   THE PALESTINIAN STATE 03:59  |  Commonsense 10/01/08
      5.   Speak up Chicken George!!! 04:10  |  Cool B 10/01/08
      6.   Didn`t Ask? 04:17  |  ZADOK 10/01/08
      7.   Abbas should tell Bush: "Give me a State and chaos caused... 04:26  |  Dutch Dirk 10/01/08
      8.   The charade goes on 04:28  |  Michael N 10/01/08
      9.   Lakshmi - please stop already 04:34  |  Ariel 10/01/08
      10.   The palestinian apologists are so nervous now, itchy agitated 04:37  |  Johnny 10/01/08
      11.   Lakshmi - please stop already 04:40  |  Ariel 10/01/08
      12.   # 2 lakshmi 04:57  |  Jim 10/01/08
      13.   Lakshmi Opposes Palestinian State 05:05  |  Ruth 10/01/08
      14.   #3 Akiva 05:05  |  Jim 10/01/08
      15.   Hamas is the Democratically Elected Gov.t ! Not Abbas 05:10  |  Straight Talk 10/01/08
      16.   # 4 Commonsense 05:30  |  Jim 10/01/08
      17.   lakshmi PROVES that her head is as EMPTY as the words of the DOI 05:50  |  CK Tan 10/01/08
      18.   Lakshmi: Ariel #11 is right.YOU ARE AN OBSTACLE TO PEACE 05:56  |  Vittorio 10/01/08
      19.   # 16 jim, Please.. 06:01  |  dan 10/01/08
      20.   # 15 straight talk 06:13  |  dan 10/01/08
      21.   #2 lakshmi...it would seem he wants both sides 06:14  |  Lynn 10/01/08
      22.   #12 Jim ....yeah, after eight years. 06:16  |  Lynn 10/01/08
      23.   Pals have had 60 years of chaos. US and Jews owe them peace 06:23  |  Jeremy Martin 10/01/08
      24.   12/16/18 Lakshmi speaks the truth, zionist ears refuse to listen 06:25  |  Jeremy Martin 10/01/08
      25.   Thank you Ruth 06:34  |  MaryRose 10/01/08
      26.   zionist must leave the stolen land 07:13  |  muslim 10/01/08
      27.   the end of Abbas ! 07:28  |  redmike 10/01/08
      28.   Bush`s words on deaf ears ! 08:03  |  Akram Zekaria 10/01/08
      29.   Unfortunately PA is chaotic. The longer it goes the less of a 08:13  |  Scott 10/01/08
      30.   Bush is not here for peace 08:32  |  MiddleStanian 10/01/08
      31.   Bush: Iran is a threat to world peace. 08:46  |  Natallie Durson 10/01/08
      32.   #23 jeremy in the land of no history 08:50  |  victor hardman 10/01/08
      33.   Impatient Bush 09:15  |  Jason_M 10/01/08
      34.   How many times do they get to choose CHAOS!!! 09:22  |  Ben Uziel 10/01/08
      35.   Bush ISnotReal 09:24  |  Mike 10/01/08
      36.   OSLO II will end like oslo I: more Israeli casualties!! 09:28  |  Jacob 10/01/08
      37.   THE SAME QUESTION HE TOLD MALIKI 09:28  |  indrajaya 10/01/08
      38.   " choose statehood or chaos" 09:42  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 10/01/08
      39.   Arabs Kids are educated to war , they`re obstacle to peace 09:43  |  Joseph E . 10/01/08
      40.   There`s never been Peace in the History of the Holy Land so what 09:45  |  Tupac 10/01/08
      41.   We all like vanilla, George 09:48  |  Clickfool 10/01/08
      42.   #20 Dan: IDF couldn`t defeat Hezbollah 09:59  |  Tupac 10/01/08
      43.   #26 moslem (muzzie) 10:02  |  danny 10/01/08
      44.   #30 Vitor: Why don`t you force Pals off their land... & see how 10:03  |  Tupac 10/01/08
      45.   Question for Cipora # 38 10:04  |  Clickfool 10/01/08
      46.   Statehood or Chaos 10:09  |  Joseph E . 10/01/08
      47.   Dear Mr.President 10:12  |  Dav 10/01/08
      48.   State or Chaos, so hard to tell the difference 10:17  |  Uri 10/01/08
      49.   Bush and Israel fool themselves 10:18  |  Truth 10/01/08
      50.   #41 no boris the clucking fool its already there 10:22  |  v hardman 10/01/08
      51.   To Tupac - because it were so nice if there were peace 10:22  |  Uri 10/01/08
      52.   Have you ever flied OVER CLOUDS ? 10:24  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 10/01/08
      53.   Statehood or Chaos , they all work 10:25  |  Joseph E . 10/01/08
      54.   To muslim 10:28  |  Uri 10/01/08
      55.   JEREMY MARTIN.The Arabs started this mess by trying to steal all 10:29  |  PETER SM 10/01/08
      56.   WHY PEACE WANTED ! for Israel`s future or Palestin`s future ? 10:32  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 10/01/08
      57.   To Commonsense # 4 - The World is waiting.... 10:34  |  Dolly 10/01/08
      58.   WHY SECULAR ISRAEL WANTS PEACE ? 10:36  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 10/01/08
      59.   The virtues of convenient memory and selective reasoning 10:38  |  Natallie Durson 10/01/08
      60.   NATIONS ALSO HAVE CHARACTER ! 10:41  |  ... 10/01/08
      61.   Abbas is in no position to choose 10:44  |  Tulip 10/01/08
      62.   Natallie D. #59 10:54  |  ATLAS 10/01/08
      63.   #32 victor, 11:02  |  roberto 10/01/08
      64.   jeremy martin EMBRACES lakshmii`s DEBUNKED lies 11:07  |  CK Tan 10/01/08
      65.   THE GOD IS SECULAR ! I said this and I am banned from... 11:08  |  ... 10/01/08
      66.   I hope a solution is adopted :) 11:12  |  Elinor from Iran 10/01/08
      67.   #59 nutullie has no memory or history to post 11:12  |  victor hardman 10/01/08
      68.   Bush and West fooled by Pals 11:15  |  Sam 10/01/08
      69.   THE GOD IS SECULAR ! IF HE WASNT .... 11:20  |  ... 10/01/08
      70.   Sometimes we have to interpret poor George`s literal meaning. 11:23  |  Maureen Ann 10/01/08
      71.   TUPAC When Israeli soldiers confront Hamas it is IN GAZA 11:23  |  PETER SM 10/01/08
      72.   Chaos will happen if there is no agreement 11:25  |  roberto 10/01/08
      73.   George Bush to Palestinians 11:45  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 10/01/08
      74.   Hamas is the key and the door through which George Bush and 11:45  |  Lakshimi 10/01/08
      75.   Ending the Occupation is a first step 11:49  |  El-birawi 10/01/08
      76.   natalie d the ILLEGAL OCUPPIER peddles her LOOSE virtues 11:50  |  CK Tan 10/01/08
      77.   Tradgedy in NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. 11:58  |  Alex 10/01/08
      78.   WHO HAS MUCH CHAOS ? 12:01  |  ... 10/01/08
      79.   Cracks In The Great American Empire 12:02  |  Joseph E . post 1 10/01/08
      80.   Bush`s visit 12:02  |  Hilda 10/01/08
      81.   Cracks In The Great American Empire 12:02  |  Joseph E . post 2 10/01/08
      82.   Could be worse 12:08  |  Colin Wright 10/01/08
      83.   HELP ME !!! I AM FALLING DOWN 12:10  |  ARUTZ 7 10/01/08
      84.   Yes, Cipora: Bush said "Choose for yourselves" 12:11  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 10/01/08
      85.   maureen ann`s HYPOCRACY mirrors her FAKE FAIRNESS 12:13  |  CK Tan 10/01/08
      86.   Hamas is a dishclout, Israel is an eagle. 12:14  |  Juliet 10/01/08
      87.   PA had the windows sealed in Ramallah 12:16  |  Iz Ray Leigh 10/01/08
      88.   Joseph E. 12:21  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 10/01/08
      89.   colin wright and bush visiting a settlement 12:21  |  nachson 10/01/08
      90.   El Birawi YOU have to decide 12:27  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 10/01/08
      91.   Surprised Israelis aren`t complaining 12:30  |  Paul Wood 10/01/08
      92.   #91 - Really, Paul Wood 12:51  |  JES 10/01/08
      93.   No Margie, I am not afraid to speak out 12:53  |  El-birawi 10/01/08
      94.   Lakshmi - Resolution 181 calls for a Jewish State, a Arab State.. 13:00  |  Mimi 10/01/08
      95.   #85 KCTan. Approximately 120 000 Jews live in Australia. 13:02  |  Maureen Ann 10/01/08
      96.   How you can tell his heart isn`t in this 13:04  |  Johnboy 10/01/08
      97.   The EU will broker this final agreement 13:04  |  Al Mathes 10/01/08
      98.   US President visits Palestine for the first time 13:07  |  Lars Hansen 10/01/08
      99.   #muslim (MUZZIE) 13:08  |  DANNY 10/01/08
      100.   For # 2 Lakshmi on the existing Palestinian State 13:13  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 10/01/08
      101.   #92 JES 13:17  |  Paul Wood 10/01/08
      102.   #97 Al Mathes 13:24  |  Paul Wood 10/01/08
      103.   Al Mathes 13:28  |  Chris Linthwaite 10/01/08
      104.   ...#65: i somehow like your argument, atilla - 13:33  |  ivo 10/01/08
      105.   johnboy "exact moment when the usa presence is required" 13:35  |  zevulun 10/01/08
      106.   johnboy "people actually voted for this clown" 13:41  |  zevulun 10/01/08
      107.   johnboy and his views 13:46  |  zevulun 10/01/08
      108.   El-birawi and Jewish settlers have similar goals 13:48  |  Sam 10/01/08
      109.   Clickfull the workshy doesn`t understand... 13:51  |  Ben 10/01/08
      110.   Re Natallie #59 13:52  |  Esther 10/01/08
      111.   74Lakshimi is a fake,and mimi &Zionists,whether you like it or 14:17  |  lakshmi 10/01/08
      112.   # 88 Cipora Julianna Kohn 14:21  |  Joseph E . 10/01/08
      113.   #61 is right read #61 14:22  |  real vision 10/01/08
      114.   ARAB PROTESTORS on the Streets of Ramallah 14:23  |  Dagma 10/01/08
      115.   #101 - Gee Paul, I feel better already.... 14:23  |  JES 10/01/08
      116.   #102 - Gawlee Paul Wood.... 14:28  |  JES 10/01/08
      117.   The TWO-FACED PALESTINIAN 14:36  |  Onlooker 10/01/08
      118.   There will be no peace for a long, long time, if ever 14:41  |  Natallie Durson 10/01/08
      119.   Do you know my brothers & sisters the true Zionists 14:46  |  Akram Zekaria 10/01/08
      120.   # 96 Johnboy..what an ass you truly are 14:51  |  Lynn 10/01/08
      121.   #2 lakshmi - If, as you claim, 14:53  |  Yonatan 10/01/08
      122.   he said wall, not fence 14:53  |  an observer 10/01/08
      123.   What It Will Look Like 14:58  |  Jeff Northridge 10/01/08
      124.   WTF?? 15:00  |  What?? 10/01/08
      125.   WTF? Series 2 15:02  |  What?? 10/01/08
      126.   What Israel must do now after Bush go home 15:05  |  Akram Zekaria 10/01/08
      127.   To Johnny #10 15:05  |  Jimmy 10/01/08
      128.   Israel chooses Chaos; Occupation + Daily Murder 15:07  |  POP 10/01/08
      129.   Solle er Meinen! 15:08  |  Avi Yerushalmi 10/01/08
      130.   #32 15:11  |  No History 10/01/08
      131.   Shams, Shells and Mirrors 15:12  |  Yaakov Sullivan 10/01/08
      132.   #39 Correction! 15:15  |  Correction! 10/01/08
      133.   Why bother? 15:18  |  The Reality 10/01/08
      134.   Amen, Attila! 15:21  |  Secular II 10/01/08
      135.   Sweetheart, how many times... 15:22  |  Edith 10/01/08
      136.   Click "Hypocrite" Fool 15:22  |  Nik "BANNED" Miller 10/01/08
      137.   Bush: I believe we will reach peace deal in 2008 15:24  |  Natallie Durson 10/01/08
      138.   #66 - Lets all be like Elinor from Iran 15:24  |  Herman 10/01/08
      139.   Joseph E. - American Empire 15:29  |  Chavista 10/01/08
      140.   lockshen is a good example 15:31  |  peter 10/01/08
      141.   BUSH ALSO BELIEVED SHARON WAS MAN OF PEACE AND IRAQ HAD WMDs !! 15:33  |  TrippleJump 10/01/08
      142.   SUMMARY OF THE CONFLICT 15:33  |  ayn_rand 10/01/08
      143.   CK Tan - Hypocrisy 15:33  |  Aussie 10/01/08
      144.   Notice the Generalities That Lead Nowhere 15:35  |  Yaakov Sullivan 10/01/08
      145.   #74 - clearly a FAKE Lakshmi 15:36  |  Lakshmi Supporter 10/01/08
      146.   BUSH SAYS THAT HE BELIEVES A PEACE DEAL IS REACHABLE BUT HE WONT 15:36  |  WARRIOR 10/01/08
      147.   Is POP a troll? 15:38  |  Stan 10/01/08
      148.   Response to #76 Tan 15:40  |  Marigold 10/01/08
      149.   Question for Nik "Podge" Miller # 136 15:42  |  Clickfool 10/01/08
      150.   Funny!! 15:45  |  William 10/01/08
      151.   #105 Zevulan seems to forget one thing 15:51  |  Johnboy 10/01/08
      152.   Bush too evasive... 15:51  |  Esther 10/01/08
      153.   131# Yakov Sullivan. Tell me .. 15:52  |  Akram Zekaria 10/01/08
      154.   Bush`s dreams of fantasyland 16:01  |  Brod 10/01/08
      155.   #107 Let`s go through your points, zevulan 16:03  |  Johnboy 10/01/08
      156.   #120 Lynn sings her favourite song 16:04  |  Johnboy 10/01/08
      157.   #90 El Birawi 16:07  |  Boycott 10/01/08
      158.   Clickfool, again 16:13  |  Nik "BANNED" Miller 10/01/08
      159.   to Clickfool, Lakschmi and Durson 16:20  |  HARRY MD 10/01/08
      160.   Olmert has already placed the bomb under the nice dream 16:27  |  Tosefta 10/01/08
      161.   He Belives! This from a man whose been wrong about EVERYTHING! 16:30  |  Hispanic-American 10/01/08
      162.   Olmert should start with the truly illegal outposts 16:36  |  Tosefta 10/01/08
      163.   johnboy do you deny hurling abuse at bush? 16:39  |  zevulun 10/01/08
      164.   Hello Esther,Bush is the master of generalization. 16:49  |  bill gordon 10/01/08
      165.   johnboy complains we attack the man and not his argument 16:50  |  alicespring 10/01/08
      166.   God Given 16:52  |  Ann 10/01/08
      167.   To Nik "BANNED" Miller 16:54  |  Stan 10/01/08
      168.   i do not agree with tosefta on illegal settlements 16:56  |  avi 10/01/08
      169.   CONDI ONLY IMPLEMENTING ANTI-ISRAEL AGENDA OF STATE DEPT ARABISTS 17:01  |  G. Marcus 10/01/08
      170.   #16 JIM 17:02  |  Commonsense 10/01/08
      171.   Bush in the desert.... 17:02  |  Azzie 10/01/08
      172.   # 139 Chavista / Venezuela 17:03  |  Joseph E . 10/01/08
      173.   Johnboy - The same can be said for you 17:05  |  Malach HaMavet 10/01/08
      174.   they want Jerusalem as their capital 17:07  |  Shmuelshachor 10/01/08
      175.   #161 Hispanic American 17:09  |  * BEN JABO 10/01/08
      176.   ONE STATE - WITH EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL 17:10  |  Azzie 10/01/08
      177.   #160, Tofseta 17:20  |  Anton 10/01/08
      178.   Stan of Hooverville 17:20  |  Nik "BANNED" Miller 10/01/08
      179.   #141 Tripplejump 17:25  |  Paul Wood 10/01/08
      180.   145 Lakshmi Supporter,thanks,159 Harry M.D.,&94 mimi,correction! 17:29  |  lakshmi 10/01/08
      181.   Yo! Azzie of Soweto, South Africa 17:36  |  akiva (zionist) 10/01/08
      182.   #176 AZZIE: ONE STATE - WITH EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL 17:42  |  Joel Stein 10/01/08
      183.   # 75 17:46  |  Abdul Aziz Higazi 10/01/08
      184.   TALKING ABOUT NATIONS EXISTANCE = TALKING ABOUT YOUR WIFE 17:47  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 10/01/08
      185.   Tosefta # 160 Olmert`s Bomb 17:48  |  Jeff Northridge 10/01/08
      186.   Abbas-"An end to refugee problem in accordance to UN resolutions" 17:53  |  Sam 10/01/08
      187.   i said it was justified that israelis be killed how can you 17:55  |  Lakshmi 10/01/08
      188.   Boycott, still getting things wrong after all these years 17:58  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 10/01/08
      189.   I`ve seen another `Bush` today 17:59  |  Edith 10/01/08
      190.   118# Natallie Durson. " to kill it" is the only 18:00  |  Akram Zekaria 10/01/08
      191.   Sorry Bush you`re not of the EU!!! 18:02  |  Astasheiks 10/01/08
      192.   "...and Palestinian security services must counter terrorism. " 18:03  |  laughable but sad 10/01/08
      193.   Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab entity 18:05  |  Steve 10/01/08
      194.   #76 CK Tang 18:05  |  Dav 10/01/08
      195.   # 176 No rights for terrorists anywhere! 18:05  |  Petra 10/01/08
      196.   # 26 m/slim - you have already said it many many times 18:08  |  17 10/01/08
      197.   #12 Jim/°Lakshmi Thank you 18:10  |  E 10/01/08
      198.   Nik "BANNED" Miller 18:12  |  Stan 10/01/08
      199.   it would help if george didnt continually contradict himself 18:13  |  victor hardman 10/01/08
      200.   To the Palestinians and the Arab countries 18:14  |  Edith 10/01/08
      201.   Bush is Right 18:15  |  Ron 10/01/08
      202.   #192 Terrorism will disappear... 18:15  |  Edith 10/01/08
      203.   #16 reverend Jim 18:15  |  E 10/01/08
      204.   world politics of lies 18:17  |  Isca 10/01/08
      205.   To Clickfool (#41): Vanilla, or rocky road? 18:22  |  Morris Valentine 10/01/08
      206.   Take the cure (Jeff Northridge #185) 18:23  |  Tosefta 10/01/08
      207.   # 190 Akram 18:23  |  Natallie Durson 10/01/08
      208.   #59 Natallie Durson 18:32  |  Rasputin 10/01/08
      209.   # 169 G. Marcus / Israel " Tanks For The Link" 18:38  |  Joseph E . 10/01/08
      210.   twenty-one words: 18:46  |  Maurice Samuel 10/01/08
      211.   207:Natallie Durson in her role as mother 18:47  |  Iz Ray Leigh 10/01/08
      212.   #207 natallie durson 18:47  |  Rasputin 10/01/08
      213.   KEEP BUSH & FINISH THE WALL 18:48  |  ABE 10/01/08
      214.   Lakshmi, re: "Nothing in 181 which forbids bilateral agreement... 18:51  |  Mimi 10/01/08
      215.   Thr Presidents Peace 18:54  |  difice 10/01/08
      216.   Since when have the invadors had a "right of return" to 19:06  |  AliciaYasmeen 10/01/08
      217.   Edith in Belgium 19:06  |  Mary Hughes Thompson 10/01/08
      218.   Jim@#14 from Murpheysburrow TN 19:08  |  akiva (zionist) 10/01/08
      219.   Abbas` dream of fantasyland 19:12  |  Brod 10/01/08
      220.   Natallie Durson 19:13  |  akiva (zionist) 10/01/08
      221.   Abe in NYC 19:14  |  Mary Hughes Thompson 10/01/08
      222.   Will the real Nik Miller please stand up 19:14  |  Clickfool 10/01/08
      223.   how about a simple apology for attacking Israel in `67 19:15  |  dav zee 10/01/08
      224.   Shas will support Annapolis if Bush releases Pollard ,1 19:17  |  David Turner 10/01/08
      225.   Shas will support Annapolis if Bush releases Pollard ,2 19:18  |  David Turner 10/01/08
      226.   214Mimi,correction,the 1949 Armistice Line is only a temporary 19:21  |  lakshmi 10/01/08
      227.   Watch what you say! 19:28  |  MichaelF 10/01/08
      228.   For Morris Valentine # 205 19:33  |  Clickfool 10/01/08
      229.   Fraiser is a Good Choice 19:38  |  Jane 10/01/08
      230.   Lacksmni & Clickfool 19:38  |  Rozz 10/01/08
      231.   Should be told about the historical and legal facts 19:45  |  Observer 10/01/08
      232.   Bush Visits Isreal 19:49  |  Kevin Deziel 10/01/08
      233.   How many Millers in the world?!?! 19:59  |  Ben 10/01/08
      234.   In their words - a nation apart 19:59  |  Palestinians 10/01/08
      235.   Lakshmi, re: The Corpus Separatum is not considered... 20:05  |  Mimi 10/01/08
      236.   Liberate All Palestine! Destroy Zionist Entity! 20:09  |  Aziz Hadad 10/01/08
      237.   CF is a coward 20:10  |  Ilya 10/01/08
      238.   #230 God`s given land to his people? 20:12  |  Paul Wood 10/01/08
      239.   BUSH IS BRAVE. ARE YOU AFFRAID? 20:13  |  Federico Glez 10/01/08
      240.   AliciaYasmeen - more bla bla bla 20:16  |  wibism 10/01/08
      241.   Now You know "Palestine" is immoral if Bush supports it! 20:17  |  Mark Hamil 10/01/08
      242.   Bush more pro Israel than Olmert 20:20  |  Bob Schlesinger 10/01/08
      243.   The end to the "occupation" 20:22  |  KUTW 10/01/08
      244.   236. Aziz Hadad, the jihadist 20:25  |  KUTW 10/01/08
      245.   Aziz Hadad 20:25  |  wibism 10/01/08
      246.   SURE, WHEN ELEPHANTS GROW WINGS... 20:26  |  Ambrose 10/01/08
      247.   Hi Jane! in Palm Beach Fl. 20:27  |  bill gordon 10/01/08
      248.   Abbas talking like a victor with Jerusalem 20:30  |  Karl 10/01/08
      249.   El Birawi -- You approve of some suicide bombing 20:35  |  Gina 10/01/08
      250.   Orchestrator of 9/11 Now wants Palestinian State? 20:35  |  Mark Hamil 10/01/08
      251.   The bible does tell of a Palistine state 20:36  |  Concerned Citizen 10/01/08
      252.   Good riddance 20:36  |  People of Jerusalem 10/01/08
      253.   Iakshmi # 226 UNGAR 181 (part 1) 20:44  |  Jeff Northridge 10/01/08
      254.   207# Natallie Durswon. And why America 20:44  |  Akram Zekaria 10/01/08
      255.   Airport encounter (joke) 20:44  |  Benjamina 10/01/08
      256.   to the European antisemites on Aziz Hadad 20:46  |  Rasputin 10/01/08
      257.   #79 Say Joseph E 20:51  |  ballistic 10/01/08
      258.   "no Palestinian state will be born of terror." 20:53  |  Gina 10/01/08
      259.   Gina #246 20:54  |  wibism 10/01/08
      260.   #2 lakshmi 21:00  |  leo 10/01/08
      261.   Jes 21:01  |  Paul Wood 10/01/08
      262.   #75 21:01  |  Jane 10/01/08
      263.   #31 durson 21:02  |  leo 10/01/08
      264.   #141 21:03  |  Jane 10/01/08
      265.   #59 durson 21:07  |  leo 10/01/08
      266.   The borders problem 21:08  |  KUTW 10/01/08
      267.   #74 lakshmi 21:09  |  leo 10/01/08
      268.   #251 21:11  |  Jane 10/01/08
      269.   #82 colin wright 21:12  |  leo 10/01/08
      270.   Mimi #235 21:13  |  Tosefta 10/01/08
      271.   shhhh...Lakshmi is dreaming on... 21:13  |  GPS 10/01/08
      272.   Living up to their commitments 21:13  |  KUTW 10/01/08
      273.   Is an attack on Iran still on the table??? 21:14  |  Voice of Reason 10/01/08
      274.   #95 maureen ann 21:15  |  leo 10/01/08
      275.   Peace agreements 21:15  |  KUTW 10/01/08
      276.   Doemela Azzie 21:15  |  Massadie 10/01/08
      277.   #118 durson 21:17  |  leo 10/01/08
      278.   BUSH`S MISGUIDED COMMENTS THE RESULT OF OLMERT`S WEAKNESS 21:17  |  Steve 10/01/08
      279.   #176 Azzie - - Even in the Zoo 21:18  |  GPS 10/01/08
      280.   Aziz Hadad " Liberate All Palestine! Destroy Zionist Entity! 21:18  |  17 10/01/08
      281.   Mimi, all wrong 21:24  |  Jake 10/01/08
      282.   once you have a state ,no need to return anywhere 21:25  |  JJ 10/01/08
      283.   #118 Natallie Durson 21:26  |  GPS 10/01/08
      284.   For Ilya in New York # 237 21:27  |  Clickfool 10/01/08
      285.   # 77 Alex..if it will make you feel better 21:36  |  Lynn 10/01/08
      286.   Iakshmi # 226 UNGAR 181 (part 2) 21:37  |  Jeff Northridge 10/01/08
      287.   Hi El-birawi - Now We Must Be Strong 21:38  |  Jane 10/01/08
      288.   Bush speaks for the 3% the Bin Ladens own of America! 21:41  |  AliciaYasmeen 10/01/08
      289.   Hi Bill Gordan - Enough Nonstarters to Go Around 21:43  |  Jane 10/01/08
      290.   No Room 21:46  |  Jimmie 10/01/08
      291.   # 156 Johnboy doesn`t know the song 21:46  |  Lynn 10/01/08
      292.   #136 Palestine has been liberated - Support Israel! 21:46  |  GPS 10/01/08
      293.   so called peacenik margie confused again 21:49  |  Labhras 10/01/08
      294.   # 162 Tosefta...I agree with you on the 21:51  |  Lynn 10/01/08
      295.   Just makes you sick 21:51  |  steves22 10/01/08
      296.   #207, Durson 21:54  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 10/01/08
      297.   Bush adn olmert 21:54  |  marcel 10/01/08
      298.   Get Rid of 21:54  |  Jimmie 10/01/08
      299.   Aziz Hadad...I notice you live in London 21:57  |  Lynn 10/01/08
      300.   The Israeli Right has no friends left... "BADAD" 21:57  |  Shaltiel Q 10/01/08
      301.   Clickfool-# 278 22:01  |  Honest Observation 10/01/08
      302.   bush`s statement is ende of process 22:05  |  avram ben yitzach 10/01/08
      303.   No Return (to Israel). Get it, got it, good! 22:06  |  Jason 10/01/08
      304.   wibism 22:08  |  Gina 10/01/08
      305.   Hi Jane ! Whats the odds 22:11  |  bill gordon 10/01/08
      306.   Jane from Palm Beach - too little, far too late 22:12  |  Mark Lincoln 10/01/08
      307.   Bush Flushes The Green Line, RoR, And Hamas! 22:18  |  Jeff Northridge 10/01/08
      308.   For Honest Observation, on e-mail addresses # 291 22:24  |  Clickfool 10/01/08
      309.   NO SUICIDE bombers!! The Arabs can stop them when they want.They 22:25  |  PETER SM 10/01/08
      310.   Ms. Jane Palm Beach 22:26  |  Jimmie 10/01/08
      311.   #299 Lynn in the US 22:35  |  Labhras 10/01/08
      312.   How does it sound? 22:39  |  José 10/01/08
      313.   Yishai... 22:44  |  Esther 10/01/08
      314.   Help Paleatinians return home in Egypt 22:44  |  sam 10/01/08
      315.   #60 lakshmi, I agree with your list of charges too 22:50  |  Dutch 10/01/08
      316.   Jordan is Palestinians State and is the solution to this conflict 22:52  |  e.m 10/01/08
      317.   Jordan is Palestinians State and is the solution to this conflict 22:52  |  e.m 10/01/08
      318.   Jordan is Palestinians State and is the solution to this conflict 22:52  |  e.m 10/01/08
      319.   235 Mimi,&Howdy jeff Northridge,mimi the words corpus separatum 22:55  |  lakshmi 10/01/08
      320.   #120 Lynn on squatters 23:03  |  Labhras 10/01/08
      321.   Bush sold you the way Kennedy sold out the Bay of Pig Heroes. 23:05  |  Bill 10/01/08
      322.   75 El Birawi - I Disagree 23:11  |  Mark of Lewiston 10/01/08
      323.   the luvly LABRASSS 23:14  |  Labhras`s admirer 10/01/08
      324.   so hes not so stupid? he knows olmert is a strawman 23:21  |  victor hardman 10/01/08
      325.   What a corrupt US president failing to connect Israeli terror... 23:29  |  Dutch 10/01/08
      326.   If they had a state 23:34  |  Mike 10/01/08
      327.   266 KUTW - Contiguous in West Bank 23:35  |  Mark of Lewiston 10/01/08
      328.   289 Jane of Palm Beach - Getting Started 23:43  |  Mark of Lewiston 10/01/08
      329.   To No 20, Dan the proud Jew 23:46  |  Abe 10/01/08
      330.   The Only Peace Partner is... 23:47  |  Avi Yerushalmi 10/01/08
      331.   Aluf Benn, Damn your Israel and nice people 23:47  |  Dutch 10/01/08
      332.   Muslim 23:47  |  The Gentile 10/01/08
      333.   #307 Say Labhras 23:48  |  ballistic 10/01/08
      334.   #303 Jason 23:52  |  ballistic 10/01/08
      335.   AZZIE One state like Lebanon or reverse apartheid,corrupt S.A. ? 23:56  |  PETER SM 10/01/08
      336.   For "Labhras`s admirer" # 310 00:03  |  Clickfool 11/01/08
      337.   End the Occupation Now and Place the area under a trusteeship 00:05  |  El-birawi 11/01/08
      338.   Jordan is Palestinians State and is the solution to this conflict 00:10  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 11/01/08
      339.   Jordan is Palestinians State and is the solution to this conflict 00:10  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 11/01/08
      340.   Jordan is Palestinians State and is the solution to this conflict 00:10  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 11/01/08
      341.   Jordan is Palestinians State and is the solution to this conflict 00:10  |  e.m.Jordan is Palest 11/01/08
      342.   #236 Aziz; when will you "clean" Britain from the British? 00:10  |  .... 11/01/08
      343.   # 52 Attila the Hun 00:18  |  Abraham 11/01/08
      344.   #56 Atilla the Hun 00:22  |  Abraham 11/01/08
      345.   Gina takes the high road 00:36  |  wibism 11/01/08
      346.   Mr. Bush betrays Isreal (and USA) 00:38  |  Dennis 11/01/08
      347.   I`m still waiting for a response 00:39  |  leo 11/01/08
      348.   Cipora #207 00:40  |  Mary Hughes Thompson 11/01/08
      349.   #296 RJK Re; 207 Durson 00:44  |  leo 11/01/08
      350.   Clickfool, re; email address 00:48  |  leo 11/01/08
      351.   Hi Mark Lincoln. re: Israel`s parliamentary system 00:50