Most Arab MKs boycott special Knesset session commemorating partition plan

It is the reason the State of the Jews demand to be recognised as jewish as stipulated in the said 181 resolution . Do you or do you not recognise as jewish the State of the Jews ,? If yes it means peace ect... if not than the said 181 resolution not only is irrevocable but on top that it is also a blue print for peace warned against acts of agression in violation of the said resolution . And If yes means peace ect...means also to take into account the realities on the ground forged after 60 years of conflict . Google again the resolution http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/un/res181.htm#back1a and more clarification with regard to your questions of validity or assessments , google also 'This Land is My Land' , http://www.mythsandfacts.com/Conflict/mandate_for_palestine/MandateN2%20-%2010-29-07-English.pdf Enjoy your readings .

Resolution 181 was a ?Green Light? for Jewish Statehood, but a ?Dead? Blueprint for Peace. The resolution recognized the need for immediate Jewish statehood (and a parallel Arab state), but the ?blueprint? for peace became a moot issue when the Arabs refused to accept it. Subsequently, de facto realities on the ground in the wake of Arab aggression (and Israel?s survival) became the basis for UN efforts to bring peace. Resolution 181 lost its validity and relevance. Resolution 181 has no legal ramifications ? that is, Resolution 181 recognized the Jewish right to statehood, but its validity as a potentially legal and binding document was never consummated. Like the schemes that preceded it, Resolution 181?s validity hinged on acceptance by both parties of the General Assembly?s recommendation.

"being Moslem means never having to say you are sorry" They had their state handed to them on a platter,they blew it It is always somebody else's fault. They make their loyalties clear even to the most determined Arabist spin doctor.

Bibi called Arafat for what he was and has it right here as well.

for providing an example of how peaceful coexistence works in action.

"Are we going back to the UN partition plan? 1947 borders?" It is the only universally recognized legitimate boundary for Israel. But try to convince the Israelis of that.

Israels' existence doesnt need the Palestinians consent or any other countries permission to continue to exist.

"Israel should defined its frontiers unilaterely , move the settlers inside this frontier, leave only the army in the westbank " And precisely what do you think Israel has been doing for the last 60 years if not defining its frontiers unilaterally? It has expanded the settlements deeper and deeper into the West Bank, even moved them beyond the West Bank into Syria, and may yet again try to annex the territory up to and including the Litani River in Lebanon. The only territory Israel owns legitimately is the partition of 1948. The only territory it has acquired legitimatelly since 1948 is the Gaza strip which Egypt relinquished as a result of Israel's pre-emptive war. Listen to Olmert and believe him when he says Israel will settle for nothing less than the land of Israel from the River Jordan to the sea. In this articel, he evn refers to the entire region as Israel. Slip of the tongue? I doubt it.

The truth is that Israel is not going to go away and the best solution, in my opinion, depends upon two states living peacefully together. Israel is, militarily, strong enough so it shouldn't feel threatened to make a lasting peace but that can't be accomplished without bringing Hamas into the process somehow. Peace be with you.

As Netanyahu said, peace depends on Israel's self-defense,strength and working partnership with its neighbours which will come with work on joint projects.Olmert drove a knife through Israel by saying that israel would be finished if no 2-state. As if arabs will be peaceful if there is a 2-state. No, they won't be peaceful even if there is only 1 state of palestine. They would pick a fight with Jordan to get the other 75% of palestine back which should be an issue if the world wants to reopen the palestine mandate. Olmert is totally misguided, distorts history, begs for peace more than Chamberlain, is a terrible judge of cahracter(Putin, Peretz, Halutz), lies to Israelis, candidly said he didn't prepare the homeland for Hezbollah rockets, appoints majadele who openly is disloyal to Israel. Olmert has no pride as a leader of Jewish people, he is a failed man. If he any self-respect, he would resign when winograd points the finger at him. Watch him try to wiggle out of it.

Specially at this time, when both sides, jews and arabs are calling for a 2 state solution, it is hypocratical and make no sence for arab Mk to boycutt this session. The headline should have also mentioned than many jewish MK did not show up as well..

You seem like a nice person. No, you're right the Palestinians are not happy that the Israelis stole their land in 1948. Since when is it your right to establish "sovereignty" over any part of Palestinian land, it's not! You really believe that Israel will ever permit the establishment of a viable Palestinian state?

The 29 November decision was a decision giving sovereignty to two peoples in their joint homeland. Annapolis is supposed to be the materialize the Arab half of the Partition plan, and it should be seen as joyous that just like Jews received their sovereignty, Arabs are about to receive their sovereignty. The sad fact is that Arabs are not joyous that Jews received their sovereignty. The Arabs are not willing to be a semi autonomous autonomy in a Jewish state. They want to dominate the whole state. They want to neutralize the proud strident unabashedly Jewish character of the state. It is this irridentist fear that makes us think twice if a Palestinian state is the proper solution for the Arabs of the West Bank and Gaza. Maybe we should wait for Jordanian-Egyptian option.

I thought this was already fought for in 1967 and WON at a dear cost. What is this defeatist language? Is Jerusalem the capital of Israel or not? Who are you fighting to believe that? No one except yourself, Olmert. Make a once and forever statement and stop talking about it. You create reality based on your beliefs. If you believe that you don't belong in the Land of Israel, or that Jerusalem isn't the eternal capital of the Jewish people, then that reality will be your reward, and you will end up fighting for your very survival. Re-affirm the bond between the people and the land and why it exists, or wither, die, and leave. The choice has not changed in 3000 years. You have no other choice to make, and there is no way out of making a choice one way or the other. You've been told which choice is the choice of life, and which one is death. People will look back at this time and wonder in amazement how the Jews could be so weak and faithless after all this time and suffering.

Akiva asked about Israel` intentions , All Merde answer is " the existence of two nation-states, Israel and Palestine," And to add salt to wound All Merde add " in the Land of Israel." All Merde must have pissed in pants when he heard the 2007 Saudia-Ryadh Summit threat of Lords of War , While the Arab goal is the arab gradual control of the former palsetine region , thru the stage of the fabrication of a Jihad State as All Merde said " in the Land of Israel."

Israeli Arabs need more leaders like her and less of the Iranian agent kind who jointed the boycott and betrayed their own country.

What kind of strange oath of office and allegiance to the state do these people take?

1947 borders?

by the withdrawal of the arab occupier or Olmert Kadima OUT of Gov't .

Israel should be creative and find another solution, Arabs are not ready for peace. Israel should defined its frontiers unilaterely , move the settlers inside this frontier , leave only the army in the westbank to crash the terrorists and wait until the palestinians are exhausted and ready to compromise.

I will exhaust it fully." Like the ability to improve Home Front before Gaza withdrawal desaster . As if not enouh they now brainwash for West Bank capitulation.

Improvements Protection ability is outrageously limited .

Their action was right, proper and correct given the circumstances. Israel was founded upon the misery of the Palestinians why should they be expected to attend a session of the Knesset to commemorate the Nakba?

They have never recognize Israel's right to exist and they still wish - both the Arab citizens of Israel and the Arabs in Samaria, Judea and Gaza - to eliminate the Jewish state. Indeed, the negate the existence of a Jewish people and its right to have its own nation-state. It is this concern that we, Israelis, have regarding any future move toward them.

in Canada, we have a political party called the Bloc Quebecois. This party is dedicated to Quebec sovereignty and wants to divide Canada in two. i find it to be a contradiction to serve in a Canadian government when your plan is to not be part of Canada. Personally, I don't think a political party like this should exist and operate and help make federal decisions. a true separatist would not want to take part in federal government decisions. The same goes for anti-israel Arab MKs. why haven't they moved to Ramallah and done their best to reform the PA?

the more they stay the same. The UN and Israel got it right 60 years. Its time to get back to the simple logic of 2 states for 2 people. The big question is whether Olmert can pull it off and whether the Palestinians are finally willing to compromise. I certainly hope so.

We fault the arabs for refusing partition in 48, will we make the same mistake in 2007? They are ready for partition,now is the time.

Its hard to understand why the arab members of parliament actually belong to parliament if they are against the State of Israel Could it be they are trying to do damage from within?

the way to end the dispute in the Holy Land was to establish a nation-state of the Jewish people and a nation-state of the local Arab people (at that time the Palestinians refused to see themselves as a separate people). The Arab world since has done all that it could to eliminate the nation-state of the Jewish people and consider the establishment of Israel as nakba (catastroph). The Arab members of Israel's Knesset (parliament) still think that democratic Israel in which they are equal citizens under the law, its very existence, is a catastroph and should be eliminated. This is obviously not the attitude with which to reach peace between Arab and Jew in our shared country.