91.5% surrender

In the business world it is very seldom that you get 100% of what you want. There are always concessions that someone makes. The only way to get 1oo% of what you want is to hold the upper, more powerful hand. This is something that neither Yassir Arafat, nor Mahmoud Abbas seem to grasp. Israel is willing to cede over 90% of what the "palestinians" want, and it isn't good enough. This explains why the "palestinians" are lousy business people.

Palestinian officials close to peace talks said Sunday that Israel has offered a West Bank withdrawal map that leaves about 8.5 percent of the territory in Israeli hands, less than a previous plan but still more than the Palestinians are ready to accept.

Having failed at limiting Hamas and it's attacks on Israel, Mahmoud should be happy that Israel is so intent on signing some kind of peace agreement that they are willing to give in to just about everything.

Here's the key:

One of the Palestinian officials said the 8.5% figure of West Bank land Israel would retain with its new map does not include east Jerusalem, where Israel has built a string of Jewish neighborhoods it intends to keep. Israel wants to put off dealing with Jerusalem until the end of the process.

Jerusalem is the key. The "palestinians" want Jerusalem. Putting it off to the end of the process is something that Mahmoud and his cronies will use to scuttle the "peace process". But of course, none of the problems being faced in this negotiation is the fault of the "palestinians":

I fear the (corruption) probe against Olmert and the American preoccupation with the (presidential) elections will negatively affect the negotiations," Abbas said, according to a member of the council, Salah Taameri.

When dealing with "palestinians" remember that nothing is ever their fault. They are merely victims of Israeli/Western aggression and collusion. Always disregard the manipulation of the Arab/islamist brethren. Murderers they may be, it is the Israel-West axis that prevents real peace (sarcasm intended).

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A terrorist is what a terrorist does

Iran has promised Hamas new rockets and more funds, an expression of the Islamic Republic's displeasure with recent news of renewed Israeli-Syrian peace talks, the London-based newspaper, Asharq Alawsat reported on Sunday.

The key member of the Axis of Evil is continuing to do what any person with common sense knew they would do. Any enemy if Israel and the West is a friend of the Iranians. Momo Ineedajob is going to continue arming, training, and funding Hamas until he has achieved what the Ayatollahs want. Regional domination. Iran is the dominant presence in the region now because of it's potential. In a few years, without intercession, they will be the legitimate dominant power and the situation will only get worse. Instead of vacuous talk, there will be talk backed with nuclear weapons.

Just how much is Iran going to support Hamas this year?:

According to the source, the Iranians had even elaborated what that support would be: Newer, upgraded rockets and an increase in the budget allotted to Hamas to $150 million in the second half of 2008.

A source in the office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Mashaal was promised that Iran would supply every support his organization might need, be it weapons, finance, or military training.

What is the free world ready to do about this? My money is on talk.

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Generals aren't politicians

"The thought of ceding the Golan Heights gives me a bellyache, but for real peace one must be willing to pay a real price. Theoretically, Israel can do without the Golan," said Halutz during a cultural event in Beersheba, Saturday.

Just what is this "real price"? How many people will die in this region when Syria decides to launch it's invasion? Why would a General be willing to cede land that was gained through defensive warfare? What does this do to the sacrifice of the Israelis that fought and died protecting their nation only to watch their descendants give it away? Giving away Gaza opened the floodgates to giving up all of Israel.

He advocated taking action in order to ease the situation of Gaza-border community residents, adding that the situation in the South is more pressing than the Iranian threat.

Yes, Gaza is the immediate threat. However, in the long run, Iran is the most dangerous threat. The fact that this "General" can't figure this out explains why the IDF has faced the problems it has. With "Generals" like this who needs enemies? Mixing this with the ineptitude of the Olmert administration and you have disaster.

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It's time to stop this

"The Palestinians will not accept any agreement with Israel that would compromise the rights of Palestinians in Jerusalem, the right of return or the Palestinian right to rule our own land," Mashaal said.

It had been quite awhile since my arch enemy Khaled Mashaal had spoke. As always, when he does speak he doesn't let me down.

The right of return will never be allowed. It's been 60 years since the Arabs living in Israel voluntarily left them homes to allow their Arab brethren to attack Israel. They made a choice and have been trying to renege on it ever since. If the "palestinians" want to be mad at someone it should be the idiots they pledge their allegiance to.

Jerusalem belongs to Israel. Ehud Olmert may be talking about dividing the city, but the Israelis themselves are not.

Khaled Mashaal is a murderer. The fact he is still alive is the biggest surprise. Every time he speaks someone dies. He is Bashir Assad's puppet. He will be used to press Israel to cede the Golan Heights. In this day of relativism, he will make Assad look like a moderate and Israel will negotiate with him like they do with Abbas.

It's time to stop all this before it goes any further.

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Ceding Golan, Is this what the people want?

Is this really what the people want? Is it a ploy to distract attention? Why would Ehud Olmert give away Israel to a known terrorist supporter?

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From Dore Gold

Be sure to read the rest of the report from the JCPA:

The Golan Heights and the Syrian-Israeli Negotiations
Dore Gold

Israeli negotiators will quickly discover three core areas in their discussions with the Syrians that they will not resolve easily: delineation of an agreed boundary, security arrangements, and the Syrian-Iranian alliance.

Just prior to the outbreak of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Syria deployed 1,400 tanks along the border against a total Israeli force of 177 tanks (a force ratio of 8 to 1 in favor of Syria). Should Syria's considerable missile forces be used to delay Israel's reserve mobilization, then the importance of the Golan terrain will increase as Israel's small standing army will have to fight for longer without reserve reinforcement.

When Israel reached its Treaty of Peace with Egypt in 1979, it agreed to fully withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula to the international border. Syria illegally occupied Israeli territories during the 1950s that were within Israel's international borders: the southern demilitarized zone at al-Hamma, the Banias area, and the strip of coastal territory along the northeast shoreline of the Sea of Galilee.

If Israel were to agree to the June 4, 1967, line, as Syria demands, it would be rewarding Syrian aggression. Moreover, it could compromise Israel's control of its largest fresh water reservoir. Israel should not have to be arguing with the Syrians over the question of whether a future Israeli-Syrian boundary should correspond to the June 4, 1967, line or to the older international border, for neither of these lines is defensible.

The U.S. has given Israel repeated diplomatic assurances in the past that Israel will not have to come down from the Golan Heights, beginning with a September 1, 1975, letter from President Gerald Ford to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. It was renewed prior to the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference by Secretary of State James Baker. During the Clinton administration, Secretary of State Warren Christopher renewed the Ford commitment in a letter dated September 19, 1996.

Even if, by prior agreement with Tehran, the Syrians took steps that appeared to be downgrading relations, Israel's concession of the Golan Heights would be irreversible, while the political orientation of states in the Middle East is notoriously changeable. It would be a cardinal error for Israel to put into jeopardy its own security by agreeing to come down from the Golan Heights.

Despite advances in military technology, the Golan Heights remains a vital strategic asset for the defense of the State of Israel. True, this week Israel and Syria have re-opened their diplomatic dialogue after a hiatus of eight years. But negotiators will soon find that there are three clusters of issues that they will not resolve easily: delineation of an agreed boundary, security arrangements, and the Syrian-Iranian alliance. And to a large extent, these issues have become even more difficult since negotiations were held back in the 1990s.

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Congratulations Egypt

Dealing with terrorist organizations is always wrong. Lebanon will soon discover this. The fact that Egypt seems to be departing from the Arab/islamist approach in the region is somewhat refreshing.

"Instead of putting pressure on Israel to accept the truce, the Egyptians are pushing us to accept the Israeli conditions," a top Hamas official in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post.

If this is true then Hosni Mubarak deserves a little more respect than I have given him. The fact that they are still keeping Hamas in this is still a negative, yet, realizing and enforcing that Israeli conditions are not unreasonable shows that Egypt hasn't gone fully over to the dark side yet. This decision will make him very unpopular with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

Suleiman warned the Hamas leaders that by rejecting the truce initiative they were providing Israel with a good excuse to "invade" the Gaza Strip, the sources said.

He is also reported to have warned them that the entire Hamas leadership would be wiped out if Israel launched a massive military offensive on the Gaza Strip to halt the rocket attacks.

I actually hope this is true. Hamas cannot afford another invasion. The deaths of the people under it's protection will be on their hands. Khaled Mashaal can ill afford to sit comfortably in Damascus and expect people to die for him. This has gone on too long as it is.

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Momo is a bad actor

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed his surprise and displeasure at Syria's "violation of its commitment to Iran" by holding talks with Israel, the London-based pan-Arabic daily Asharq alawsat reported Friday.

Pardon me if I don't lose any sleep about Momo Ineedajob getting upset. First off, I think this is nothing more than a ruse. My cynical nature doesn't allow me to believe known liars and deceivers when they start talking about being upset. Based on the history of the region, any overtures of "peace" coming from Bashir Assad are nothing more than the standard islamist approach to dealing with the west. Tell them you want to negotiate, refuse to live up to any deals, and then blame them for the failure.

Meanwhile, the editor of one of Iran's reformist newspapers said that the council had instructed Iranian media outlets, including Internet sites, to "ignore" the topic of the Syria-Israel talks.

This supports my suspicion. Enforced ignorance is control.

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Get ready for the righteous response

"Olmert isn't making a single concession nor is it painful for him," Syrian Information Minister, Dr. Mohsen Bilal, told the Al-Jazeera news network. He also stated that Syria does not hide its political support for or identification with Hizbullah and Hamas.

Once again Israel is going to be confronted with a "give it all up in exchange for nothing" negotiation. If it goes according to Olmert's history, Iran will be building an embassy in Golan. They will have dinner parties and the honorees will be Hizbollah and Hamas. Khaled Mashaal may get to visit a little closer to the territory he wants to one day control.

I no longer believe anything that Olmert states publicly. Him and his other Ehud buddy are in the process of wiping out 60 years of blood, sweat, and tears in order to make others (their enemies) happy.

None of this is going to prevent rocket attacks or bombs blowing up in Tel Aviv. None of this is going to make Israel safer. I don't have to go in to an historical dissertation to explain what I mean.

As of right now, Ehud Olmert is turning his back on the almighty and going to handle things himself. The Bible has hundreds of examples of what happens to humanity when a person believes they can do things for G-d.

Tragically, all of Israel will suffer the consequence for one man.

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