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PM to IDF commanders: Think of Palestinian suffering at roadblocks
By Yossi Verter, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: West Bank, Ehud Olmert 

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has called on IDF commanders in the West Bank to understand that the roadblocks are causing suffering to the Palestinians, whose needs should be appreciated to avoid a worsening of relations between the two peoples.

Olmert made these comments during a closed-door meeting with brigade commanders of Central Command.

"Take all the Palestinians who were stripped at the roadblocks, only because there was concern that some of them were terrorists. Take all those who stand at the roadblocks where there is concern that a car bomb will pass through," Olmert said.
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"This can become a boiling pot that can explode and cause terrible burns, and it can also be something else, which only depends on your understanding and abilities to conduct yourselves with wisdom and determination."

Olmert also told the officers that "sooner or later" Israel would have to operate in the Gaza Strip.

"But this will not be done without connection with the international scene. We need our friends throughout the world, and our reliance on them is of existential significance to the State of Israel," he said.

Olmert's standing in the eyes of the public has improved, according to a Haaretz-Dialog survey carried out on Wednesday.

Even though there has been no improvement in the public's satisfaction with the prime minister's performance, holding steady since February with a 23 percent approval rating, the number of those "dissatisfied" with Olmert has dropped from 65 to 60 percent. This reflects a slow but steady trend of improvement in his standing since the Second Lebanon War.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak's approval rating dropped slightly since the February survey. Barak received a 37 percent approval rating this week, compared with 47 percent who were dissatisfied.

But most people say they feel more secure and that Israel is better prepared for total war, compared with the situation two years ago on the eve of the outbreak of the Second Lebanon War.

The most significant change reflected in Wednesday's poll is that Likud lost nearly 20 percent support since February, lowering its potential Knesset mandates to 29 from 35 in the previous survey.

Barak, also leader of the Labor Party, expressed frustration that the kind of political cooperation he expected with Prime Minister Olmert has still not happened.

"Instead of dealing with [opposition leader Benjamin] Netanyahu, Olmert and I are drawn into political rivalries," Barak told close associates, referring to the tensions between Labor and Kadima.

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      1.   Is there no end to the idiocy? 02:58  |  IW 11/04/08
      2.   Israeli citizens to Olmert 03:01  |  Jon 11/04/08
      3.   What about suffering Jews? 03:21  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 11/04/08
      4.   Olmertts Approval Rating Improves 03:44  |  A.J. Myers 11/04/08
      5.   judged one day 04:15  |  sam i am 11/04/08
      6.   The Headline Is a Clear Call To Collaborate With The Jihad Goal . 04:22  |  Joseph.E 11/04/08
      7.   #3, Rabbi Yakov Lazaros...you`re not the victim here... 04:25  |  Silvienne 11/04/08
      8.   Oust this worthless bastard! Where is the no-confidence vote? 04:30  |  Dr. L. Brnd 11/04/08
      9.   Which Olmert is believable,Tough on Gaza Arabs or easing on Arabs 04:40  |  Genuine Tosefta 11/04/08
      10.   self-determination 04:48  |  zechariah 11/04/08
      11.   LOL 04:58  |  Adam 11/04/08
      12.   Olmert`s Popularity Increase....With Whom?? 05:08  |  EGW 11/04/08
      13.   The Same as Israel Would Have to Operate in the Gaza Strip 05:13  |  Joseph.E 11/04/08
      14.   Olmert, roadblocks and Gaza 05:14  |  Edifice 11/04/08
      15.   Suffering like no other suffering 05:20  |  K 11/04/08
      16.   #1 IW. Don`t you understand, respect has to be earned? 05:26  |  Maureen Ann 11/04/08
      17.   Olmet you idiot - Think of Israeli deaths if roadblocks 05:32  |  * BEN JABO 11/04/08
      18.   Olmert will be gone soon 06:15  |  Joe Frazier 11/04/08
      19.   YOU IDIOT, RETAKE GAZA, NO MORE SUFFERING,NO QASSAMS,NO HAMAS!))) 06:25  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 11/04/08
      20.   PM suffering 06:30  |  Dick 11/04/08
      21.   To PMO: If you don`t remove west bank road blocks, Iran will 06:59  |  Aounist 11/04/08
      22.   Olmert is a roadblock to a peace or sanity 07:02  |  Sal 11/04/08
      23.   No one mans security check for fun 07:28  |  Ilan 11/04/08
      24.   To Maureen #16 07:45  |  IW 11/04/08
      25.   oh will you hardliners 08:04  |  RM 11/04/08
      26.   IRRITABILITY 08:09  |  JOJO (USA) 11/04/08
      27.   A better future for the Arabs of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. 08:33  |  Jean Van Daem 11/04/08
      28.   PM think of the Victims of Arabs terrorists 08:34  |  Esther AM ISRAEL HAI 11/04/08
      29.   Citizens of Israel to pm 09:08  |  isaac 11/04/08
      30.   To A.J. Myers # 4 - Which Newspaper do you read? 09:15  |  Dolly 11/04/08
      31.   The PMO calling for the Stockholm Syndrom to 09:19  |  Kris Lazar 11/04/08
      32.   Yea, think of the poor suicide bombers 09:22  |  Mark Hamil 11/04/08
      33.   PARDON ME FOR SAYING SO but 09:34  |  Onlooker 11/04/08
      34.   Barak versus Olmert 09:34  |  Esther 11/04/08
      35.   A WISDOM THAT COME TOO LITTLE TOO LATE 09:36  |  indrajaya 11/04/08
      36.   Re Esther AM-HAI #24 09:50  |  Esther 11/04/08
      37.   PM, think about pain of our mothers. 09:56  |  Vital 11/04/08
      38.   Olmert hopes of international support like Chechoslovakia in 1938 09:57  |  Absolute Sweden 11/04/08
      39.   bravo olmert 09:57  |  Abdul 11/04/08
      40.   PM MUST RESIGN 4 CORRUPTION & FAILED LEADERHSIP!!!! 10:02  |  Jacob 11/04/08
      41.   Arabs are rutinely checked at Arlanda and Kastrup airports 10:07  |  Absolute Sweden 11/04/08
      42.   THINK OF THIS MR.OLMERT 10:11  |  indrajaya 11/04/08
      43.   to 23 you could start using your real name, second it`s more.... 10:12  |  michele 11/04/08
      44.   Our PM, THE DEFEATIST....need for new leaders! 10:34  |  Ben Uziel 11/04/08
      45.   The is the PM of Palestinians asking for this. Right? 10:37  |  Nechama 11/04/08
      46.   Sister Cecilie on Radio Islam"Poor Germans,they had to care for J 10:40  |  Absolute Sweden 11/04/08
      47.   OLMERT IS VOICE OF WHO ? I truly wish to know. 10:41  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 11/04/08
      48.   Crocodile tears from an old lizard 10:45  |  Clickfool 11/04/08
      49.   Olmert = Haaretz, Ynet = Bibi /// Arutz 7 = Barak 10:48  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 11/04/08
      50.   Jean van Daem`s pipe-dream # 23 10:50  |  Clickfool 11/04/08
      51.   Olmert, Bibi, Barak = Haaretz, Ynet, Arutz 7 = THREE ISRAELS 10:52  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 11/04/08
      52.   SO SWEET! NOT!!! It`s the occupation and refugee stupid 10:54  |  Jill 11/04/08
      53.   Palestinian suffering. 10:57  |  David Nigel Braham 11/04/08
      54.   Olmert on Shakespear 11:25  |  Proud Israeli 11/04/08
      55.   EU ANGERS ARE TAKING EFFECTS 11:48  |  indrajaya 11/04/08
      56.   EU ANGERS ARE TAKING EFFECTS 11:48  |  indrajaya 11/04/08
      57.   #Ben Jabo. What about the 50 000... 11:54  |  Maureen Ann 11/04/08
      58.   Very Unlikely, IDF is full of hate and racism 12:08  |  El-Birawi 11/04/08
      59.   Not credible... 12:09  |  Esther 11/04/08
      60.   Olmert, the only Israeli (moderate) right-wing politician.... 12:18  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/04/08
      61.   To Dr. L. Brnd # 8 - An EXCELLENT POST 13:00  |  Onlooker 11/04/08
      62.   To Dr. L Brnd # 8 - A LETTER TO MR. OLMERT 13:13  |  Dagma 11/04/08
      63.   To Proud Israeli # 54 - On Shakespeare..... 13:23  |  Dolly 11/04/08
      64.   Indrajaya: say what??? 13:30  |  The Judge 11/04/08
      65.   Rabbi Lazaros 13:35  |  * BEN JABO 11/04/08
      66.   55 Indrajaya - There`s no spill over of terror 13:39  |  * BEN JABO 11/04/08
      67.   Olmert and Palestinian Suffering 13:51  |  Rachel Moira Simson 11/04/08
      68.   Olmert and Palestinian Suffering 13:51  |  Rachel Moira Simson 11/04/08
      69.   Olmert the comedian 14:04  |  Natallie Durson 11/04/08
      70.   Well-done Olmert! 14:40  |  AliciaYasmeen 11/04/08
      71.   "Think of Palestinian suffering at roadblocks" Olmert 14:50  |  Akram Zekaria 11/04/08
      72.   58#El Birawi "IDF is full of hate and racism". 15:00  |  Akram Zekaria 11/04/08
      73.   So What Do You Suggest, PM Olmert? 15:05  |  Jeff Northridge 11/04/08
      74.   One thing the Prime Minster forget ! 15:22  |  Akram Zekaria 11/04/08
      75.   To #18 - JOE FRAZIER - Olmert GONE SOON??? 15:25  |  Natasha 11/04/08
      76.   El B has one experience with IDF and generalises 15:30  |  x-ray 11/04/08
      77.   OLMERT the lawyer;always sucking and blowing 15:47  |  Dr. Mark Nusbaum 11/04/08
      78.   How about Jewish suffering? 15:50  |  Brod 11/04/08
      79.   How about Jewish suffering? 15:51  |  Brod 11/04/08
      80.   OLMERT ...CONT`D 15:56  |  Dr. Mark Nusbaum 11/04/08
      81.   What about Jewish suffering? 16:15  |  Leah 11/04/08
      82.   #21 Aounist. And exactly how are they going to do it? 16:15  |  John Allen 11/04/08
      83.   TO Olment & IDF commanders:Think of Jews victims & their suffeing 16:20  |  Jews around th World 11/04/08
      84.   TO Olment & IDF commanders:Think of Jews victims & their suffeing 16:20  |  Jews around th World 11/04/08
      85.   TO Olment & IDF commanders:Think of Jews victims & their suffeing 16:20  |  Jews around th World 11/04/08
      86.   What About My "Suffering"? 16:24  |  Jeff Northridge 11/04/08
      87.   olmerde the clown is making me suffer ! 16:46  |  v hardman 11/04/08
      88.   You can`t take Olmert anywhere, always talking out of turn 16:49  |  x-ray 11/04/08
      89.   Do the Children Homicide Bombers get 70 little child virgins? 16:53  |  jewish doctor 11/04/08
      90.   BROD 17:04  |  AliciaYasmeen 11/04/08
      91.   Olmert for Palestinian PM 17:04  |  peter 11/04/08
      92.   Which side is Olmert on anyway? What about the suffering of the 17:16  |  JB 11/04/08
      93.   Olmert`s words..... 17:16  |  Shalom 11/04/08
      94.   The Olmertian knot 17:16  |  Tosefta 11/04/08
      95.   Only one more year until elections... 17:16  |  bat yam 11/04/08
      96.   Alicia Yasmeen # 70 That Was A Noble, Humanitarian Thought 17:27  |  Jeff Northridge 11/04/08
      97.   The truth as I see it,Israel dosen`t need a Govnt now. 17:29  |  Akram Zekaria 11/04/08
      98.   To Akram Zakaria # 74 - OLMERT`S HISTORY...... 17:31  |  Natasha 11/04/08
      99.   To Akram Zakaria # 74 - OLMERT`S HISTORY...... 17:32  |  Natasha 11/04/08
      100.   The Olmert /Barak Government is still a Failure 17:55  |  Shepherd 11/04/08
      101.   He means think about the Patch in Tuches Bush will give him 17:55  |  Nuchem 11/04/08
      102.   # 93 Jeff Northridge 18:00  |  AliciaYasmeen 11/04/08
      103.   #57 2ND TRY Maureen Ann - what does this have to do with 18:05  |  * BEN JABO 11/04/08
      104.   Ehud Olmert please read this 18:06  |  Harvey (Chaim) 11/04/08
      105.   israels suffer because olmert has nobel prizes on his mind 18:08  |  zionist forever 11/04/08
      106.   #93 Shalom, Re: Olmert`s words 18:11  |  Dutch 11/04/08
      107.   TO Esther TA IS & indrajaya Jakarta 18:12  |  Rachel AM ISRAEL HAI 11/04/08
      108.   Think of the poor Zionists 18:22  |  Chanalau, Tova 11/04/08
      109.   If Israel touches Gaza Israelis will be sent into Timbucktoo.. 18:23  |  Dutch 11/04/08
      110.   Tosefta always willing to give away Israeli territory 18:36  |  Settler Babe 11/04/08
      111.   Scratch Tosefta find a terrorist 18:39  |  Settler Babe 11/04/08
      112.   Nothing wrong with Olmert`s remarks 19:05  |  Bill 11/04/08
      113.   Akram Zekaria,self-hater or imposter? 19:07  |  undergrad 11/04/08
      114.   #69, Natallie Durson.... 19:08  |  Silvienne 11/04/08
      115.   Tell Abbas to think of Palestinian suffering 19:13  |  MichaelF 11/04/08
      116.   THE FRATERNITY OF HATE 19:14  |  AVI 11/04/08
      117.   Tosefta # 94 Another Assassination Threat? 19:25  |  Jeff Northridge 11/04/08
      118.   OLMERT PREACHING WISDOM 19:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 11/04/08
      119.   OLMERT PREACHING WISDOM 19:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 11/04/08
      120.   roadblocks 19:56  |  Dik 11/04/08
      121.   Checkpoints Should be Run Like a Bar 20:01  |  JP 11/04/08
      122.   Alicia Yasmeen # 102 I Wish That I Could Share Your Idealism 20:16  |  Jeff Northridge 11/04/08
      123.   #102 Alicia Yasmeen 20:20  |  Malone 11/04/08
      124.   # 102 AlicisYasmeen..Charity begins at home! 20:21  |  KATHY 11/04/08
      125.   To #82 John Allen: Oil rich Iran is now in a good military shape 20:23  |  Aounist 11/04/08
      126.   ALICIA YASMEEN #92 21:01  |  JOJO 11/04/08
      127.   To indrajaya # 55 - EU ANGERS..... 21:04  |  Dolly 11/04/08
      128.   Nuttie Dursion still enthusiastically supports Armenian Genocide 21:13  |  Genuine Tosefta 11/04/08
      129.   If OLMERT would but read all these COMMENTS 21:36  |  Dingo dog 11/04/08
      130.   Dutch # 109 Who`s Going To Do That? 21:42  |  Jeff Northridge 11/04/08
      131.   Sometimes it is better to keep quiet (Settler Babe #110) 22:22  |  Tosefta 11/04/08
      132.   Sometimes it is better to not be such a Ghastly Impostor #115 22:54  |  Genuine Tosefta 11/04/08
      133.   About being blonde, that`s for me to know: you certainly won`t 22:57  |  Settler Babe 11/04/08
      134.   Dutch,it is much shorter & quicker to send Arab settlers to Hejaz 23:06  |  Genuine Tosefta 11/04/08
      135.   YEA, SHVONTZ, WHAT ABOUT JEWISH SUFFERINGS FROM ARABS??? 23:07  |  Bullet Kahanista 11/04/08
      136.   113# undergrad. There are things one never expect 23:07  |  Akram Zekaria 11/04/08
      137.   Thnk of Israel security 23:30  |  Salty 11/04/08
      138.   #70, Aliicia Yasmeen 23:53  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 11/04/08
      139.   # 7 Silvienne...have you heard of privatization 00:11  |  Lynn 12/04/08
      140.   99# Dear Natasha. Thanks for the information. 00:41  |  Akram Zrkaria 12/04/08
      141.   Those awful roadblocks 01:41  |  peter 12/04/08
      142.   Shas is to blame for keeping this evil coalition in power. 01:44  |  Chaim 12/04/08
      143.   #95 Bat Yam. We mustn`t let this govt. last another year. 01:55  |  Chaim 12/04/08
      144.   What, it seems, cannot be said 04:24  |  Mark Lincoln 12/04/08
      145.   #127, Lynn... 04:52  |  Silvienne 12/04/08
      146.   The Solution Would Be... 04:58  |  Yosemite 12/04/08
      147.   #132 Lincoln 05:35  |  * BEN JABO 12/04/08
      148.   croc tears for the palis... 05:57  |  Mark 12/04/08
      149.   kudos to mr. olmert...but i wonder...and why? 06:10  |  eric 12/04/08
      150.   #132 Mark Lincoln 06:17  |  Lightweight Watcher 12/04/08
      151.   Mark Lincoln, Part 2 06:41  |  Lightweight Watcher 12/04/08
      152.   #138 Silvienne 06:56  |  Comparative 12/04/08
      153.   Bravo to Olmert 07:31  |  Lightweight Watcher 12/04/08
      154.   94 Akram Zekaria Re: The truth as I see it now 07:34  |  Dutch 12/04/08
      155.   58 El-Biwari, I predict Israelis will lose their place in the ME 08:02  |  Dutch 12/04/08
      156.   Olmert should worry about Israeli suffering. 08:10  |  Rev.Jeffery Allen 12/04/08
      157.   Bad-mouthing, a bad habit... 10:44  |  Esther 12/04/08
      158.   Re Akram in London #71 11:58  |  Esther 12/04/08
      159.   Olmert wants opinion of American Jews 12:37  |  Maurice Zaslawsky 12/04/08
      160.   So now it`s Rachel-AM-CHAI... 12:42  |  Esther 12/04/08
      161.   For Alicia Tasmeen #70 etc 12:56  |  Esther 12/04/08
      162.   Re-Rachel Moira Simson in Kiryat Arba 15:09  |  American Christian 12/04/08
      163.   #133 Cipora J.K ...If I may re:Olmert`s comments. 17:20  |  KATHY 12/04/08
      164.   Thanks GOD that the PM have seen the light. 18:06  |  Hamza 12/04/08
      165.   PM Olmert is right "to avoid worsening of relations.... 18:21  |  Hamza 12/04/08
      166.   If the IDF thinks more about... 18:44  |  Fred Michaelsberg 12/04/08
      167.   Re Kathy #149 18:49  |  Esther 12/04/08
      168.   # 154 Esther..Undersatandable For You and me.. 20:24  |  KATHY 12/04/08
      169.   # 141 Yosemite..The Solution Would Be... 20:36  |  KATHY 12/04/08
      170.   PM to IDF COMMANDERS 21:15  |  Corporal James 12/04/08
      171.   Olmert think of soldiers suffering at roadblocks 23:42  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 12/04/08
      172.   ightweight thinker 02:25  |  Mark Lincoln 13/04/08
      173.   The Israeli Press vs the Israeli government 02:33  |  Mark Lincoln 13/04/08
      174.   #103 Ben Jabo. "Thou shalt not kill!" 2nd try. 02:42  |  Maureen Ann 13/04/08
      175.   #174 Maureen Ann 03:16  |  * BEN JABO 13/04/08
      176.   The TERRIBLE SUFFERING of Sderot JEWS is Cruelly Ignored! 03:20  |  Linda Rivera 13/04/08
      177.   Mark Lincoln 03:32  |  Lightweight Watcher 13/04/08
      178.   olmert 04:19  |  saul 13/04/08
      179.   PM P.C. Pandering to Attract B.S. 05:52  |  PK 13/04/08
      180.   to all the Jews and the Israelis who posted on the page 07:19  |  Zaki 13/04/08
      181.   shame on all those talk backers 07:27  |  Zaki 13/04/08
      182.   THIS WHOLE TALKBACK IS A WASTE OF TIME AS.. 08:26  |  Mary Ashkelon 13/04/08
      183.   Zaki awww where are your good Arabs? 08:47  |  x-ray 13/04/08
      184.   #181 zaki-shame on all those talk backers includes you 08:48  |  PK 13/04/08
      185.   # 176 do you follow world events much, linda? 10:27  |  eric 13/04/08
      186.   to #183 X ray, where is the suffering of the jews 10:35  |  Zaki 13/04/08
      187.   #186 Zaki 16:06  |  Question Mark 13/04/08
      188.   to Question mark 18:49  |  Zaki 13/04/08
      189.   #188 Zaki 19:37  |  Question Mark 13/04/08
      190.   to #189 Question mark 01:01  |  Zaki 14/04/08
      191.   #190 Zaki 03:06  |  Question Mark 14/04/08
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