Rice: U.S. will try to close Israeli-Palestinian peace deal in the next year

I think Rice and her boss know full well that nothing will come out of this charade. Everyone knows that the majority of Israelis and their political establishment is awash with extremists and fanatics who have no wish other than to grab as much land and get rid of as many Palestinians as possible. Let us not kid our selves about peace and reaching a lasting settlement. Zionism is an anathema to peace. Zionists believe in colonizing the land and claiming it exclusively for Jews. This is not the hallucination of some fringe group with no real power but this is what mainstream Zionism is all about. Israel is a fanatical entity led by brain washed religious demagogues who have been able to manipulate Jewish suffering in Europe in the last century to promote their own extreme agenda. The world had better wake up and smell the coffee.

leadership recognizing, before all else, the state of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, none. So far they even attempt to negate the existence of the Jewish people as a people and of course, its right to national self-determination and statehood. If this continues to be this leadership's attitude - negating their opponent - they can forget about peace or about a state for their people.

There may never be another opportunity to solve the Palestinian crisis, and even if the forever sick patients rally their fading strength yet one more time, it can not possibly match that which is available today. The trend has been downhill for decades, but more important, present circumstances have inspired the Arab League and the Palestinian leadership to acknowledge that extremism and Jihadism are on a popular rise among the world's Billion Muslims, which will insure the "Talibanization" of country after country unless the cause celebre for Islamic radicalization, the Palestinian crisis, is solved. Crisis breeds crisis, unless sanity intervenes with a strong hand. The Saudi Initiative was that strong move. If it is rebuffed, there will be no basis on which to build a peace in the future, which bears every prospect of leading to a Middle East spiraling out of control, and World War III.

FOR HER TREACHERY AGAINST THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT EVER LOVED HER!

Bush is much more willing to get tough with the Israeli leadership. He has already forced this summit upon everybody, including rhe Israeli, who initially wanted no part of it. It would be interesting to know why Bush can move Israel into action where Clinton cound not, in the same circumstances. Of course, nothing will come of it. Israel will change tactics from necessity, but there will be no actual progress toward peace. In a way, this is a step forward. The next president that attempts to force Israel to come to a peace agreement will start where Bush left off. In other words, America must make Israels annual aid package dependent upon results rather than promises. This is what is already done with Egypt and Jordan and it works wonders.

What is taken by force, can only be taken back by force even if the wait spans a thousand years. Peace with Zionists is a joke. Zionists can not sit and negotiate because if they do, very little will be left for them to keep.

As the term was often phrased by a former president Clinton in negotiation of a real peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, we were within a "window of opportunity". The opportunity was blown away by Arafat's intransigence and moreover, his intra-Palestinian "divide and conquer" power play which has resulted in a divided Palestinian society with the multiple power brokers we see today. In this backdrop, the white in shining armor, Secretary of State Rice, assumes that she can ride in on her white horse and arrange a peace deal within a year. This plan is flawed, dangerous, and if heaven forbid is actually materialized, will only result in grief for both Israel and the Palestinians. Peace goes far beyond a signed document. It has to be implemented. We need to await the next true window of opportunity, where the Palestinians will have a leadership with the ability to lead and to rule. Abbas is not this person.

For the sake of justice, Bush, Blair, Rice, Olmert, Peres, Livni - all Americans, Europeans and Israelis involved in stealing Jewish land for expansionist Islam, must live in Sderot. Why should they be deprived of the results of their peace agreements? US/EU/UN are eager to duplicate in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem the terrorist success of Gaza, LAND FOR WAR: the Jew-cleansed areas of Gaza have been transformed into global terrorist training grounds and rocket firing sites into Israeli communities. In Sderot, Israeli terrified peace process victims offered up as sacrifices - live in continual fear of constant daily rocket attacks. Their desperate pleas for help are cruelly ignored! The immoral peace process based on venomous Jew-hate and ruthless, forcible ethnic Jew-cleansing - REQUIRES Jews to ACCEPT being maimed and MURDERED! Stop the planned second Holocaust of Jews! Stop a Global Islamic TERROR State in Israel!

leaderships seem to be progressing well towards reaching a goal of attaining a peace agreement by 2008. We've never had such an optimistic timeline in the hopes of settling the Middle Eastern dispute, let alone a comprehensive peaceful arrangement with the outstanding Arab countries as well. What can be more definitive than this accomplishment of negotiating the boundaries, that is two states side-by-side as intended by majority of peoples on both sides at this period and time? In reaching this goal compromises will materialize from both sides as diplomatic talks proceed and this is inevitable. There is genuine desire by the moderate leaderships to deal with the core issues, however, it's the challenges from opponents such as Yisrael Beitenyu, which characteristically prevent this, as well as the unacceptability of Hamas of the Quartet's 3 conditions. No small challenges.

Folks, it's a photo-op. Nothing more, nothing less. Nobody there wants peace. Bibi and Haniya will one day sign the real deal. Thats my prediction.

#6, it's great to read something refresing. most of the e-mails from Israel are centered on: "let's keep it as it is, more wars, occupation, tensions, etc.." I wish more Israelis would see that working to promote peace is in the interest of eveybody, including the Israelis.

Both she & Bush called for a "Free" Iraq--They call for a lot--Now they are concerned with pistachio imports to Israel--

Bush stood on the carrier flightdeck in his Pilots costume and proudly declared "Mission Accomplished"--Bush loves to talk, most of us stopped listening long ago---At this point in time he is a lame duck President, vainly trying to leave some sort of heritage--

You may be assured that she will be employed by some Arab entity--Think of Jimmy Carter, who sold his soul for his Presidential library and it's upkeep--Saudi Arabia owns Carter lock, stock and barrel--And so it will be with Condi-- Bush already belongs to the oil interess, as does his father--

Good luck to Rice, and I hope she enjoys herself in the coming year, because once the Bush term ends and there is no peace, there will be no way to Phantasize that it actually happened under Bush. (I am excluding the use of certain "smoke" agents.) The US did nothing to counter the pressure the Israeli Right Wing (Lieberman, Shas) put on Olmert to empty the Annapolis meeting from any content. The US put NO pressure on Israel to compromise, for whatever reason. Pressuring Israel during a US election year will be even harder, so we can expect no pressure. Rice and Olmert imagine that once Olmert returns from Annapolis, Lieberman will let him negotiate as he pleases. Why? Is Lieberman blind? Is he a fool? Of course he will come up with new demands (like being in the steering committee of the talks). In any case, Olmert himself is far from being close to the Palestinian demands, and Livni too. Weak as Abbas is, he is still a patriot and will not agree to anything that the Palestinian public rejects overwhelmingly. Lastly, there is a good chance that Olmert will be indicted, or otherwise be removed due to his conduct in the Lebanon war. Months of electioneering, even within Kadima for a successor, will be spent. And peace with an impotent Abbas will not be easy to sell in any case.

a very expensive photo-op for Bush and Olmert, and nothing else.

What happens when the summit fails? America is dumping Israel.

Bells are ringing Inside of her head. They are ding-a-linging Inside of her head. When Bibi replaces Olmert, there will be no chance of peace. Condi and her 'husband' Dubbya never considered much less ever actually pressured Israel to head towards peace. Bush gave Israel the carrot for free and never considered suggesting that the stick also might be used. In simple terms, aside from Condi's flatulent statements and frantic tourism, the US administration did everything in it's power to ensure Annapolis failed. Condi better line up a job with the American Incompetence Institute. She has proven to be not only an incompetent, but a fool who would go on a fool's errand.

He had better make plans for resigning or seeking asylum in the U.S.,after his illegal activities against the Palestinian people,starting with signing away their rights at Oslo,and now his anti Palestinian activities in the West Bank,plus the illegal withholding of civil servant salaries in Gaza(against civil service law).Secretly collaborating with israel in the siege of Gaza . . . and so on.And if he actively engages with the enemy in any action against Gaza,that will be the end,not the beginning of the end.

Re making peace with the Arabs. When we look back into American History, the Indidans were able to hold on to their land for as long as they had the strength to hold on to it. We all know the rest of what happened. The same scenario also applies to the situation between Israel and the Arab Countries. All that talk about making peace are just wasted words. The Arabs want to destroy Israel and all of that peace talk is just to give them time to prepare for it. The past has shown us that zutumult very clearly. Israel will be able to hold on to the land for as long as it will have the strength to hold on to it. And that is what will determine the survival of Israel. People don't change because they see the light. They change when they feel the heat. And Israel is certainly feeling the heat.

I rise to congratulate President Bush and Secretary Rice for this most hopeful, most serious effort to address the core issue which has provoked global terrorism and more wars than I care to count. Thanks to the Saudi Initiative, which opened the door to Annapolis and remains its most basic foundation, we may finally witness broad moves for peace for which the Middle East and the world has waited for over half a century, and the removal of the most serious threat of a World War III since the Cold War. Secretary Rice's mention of openness to discuss peripheral related issues such as the Golan is MOST welcome, and will certainly bring the most needed guests to Annapolis, members of the Arab League who will shape a regional peace with Israel on the foundation of the Palestinian peace. May God bless this hopeful meeting!

When Yasser Arafat walked out of Camp David, Maryland, during 2000, he left a very generous offer that was made by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak on the table. I can not imagine that Arafat's chosen successor,Mohammed Abbas (a.k.a. Abu Mazen) would accept anything less, even though Abu Mazen dresses in a business suit.

Question: How do you call a conference that conks out before it even starts? Answer: Conkerence.

"Egypt confirmed its attendance to the Annapolis meeting in a statement Wednesday, saying Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit would attend" - Haaretz Egypt has a President and a Prime Minister, but only the FM will attend. And if Egypt does that, no other Arab country (except perhaps Jordan) will send a higher level representative to the photo-op meeting. The Saudi Foreign Minister is quite nice looking, so I imagine that if they send anybody it will be their Ambassador to the US, a rather bald and ungainly fellow. And he will stand there with no Keffiyah either. Syria`s Muallem is also not a beauty, and uglier than their ambassador in Washington,so I predict Muallem will be the one to go, if any.

Good luck to Rice, and I hope she enjoys herself in the coming year, because once the Bush term ends and there is no peace, there will be no way to Phantasize that it actually happened under Bush. (I am excluding the use of certain "smoke" agents.) The US did nothing to counter the pressure the Israeli Right Wing (Lieberman, Shas) put on Olmert to empty the Annapolis meeting from any content. The US put NO pressure on Israel to compromise, for whatever reason. Pressuring Israel during a US election year will be even harder, so we can expect no pressure. Rice and Olmert imagine that once Olmert returns from Annapolis, Lieberman will let him negotiate as he pleases. Why? Is Lieberman blind? Is he a fool? Of course he will come up with new demands (like being in the steering committee of the talks). In any case, Olmert himself is far from being close to the Palestinian demands, and Livni too. Weak as Abbas is, he is still a patriot and will not agree to anything that the Palestinian public rejects overwhelmingly. Lastly, there is a good chance that Olmert will be indicted, or otherwise be removed due to his conduct in the Lebanon war. Months of electioneering, even within Kadima for a successor, will be spent. And peace with an impotent Abbas will not be easy to sell in any case.

attempt no 502 on the way !! its like building a house using califlowers !