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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/793168.html
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Says Israel willing to leave 'large territories' and 'dismantle settlements' in exchange for real peace. 13:31
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Ehud Olmert and Shimon Peres attending a cabinet meeting in Sder Boker on Monday. (GPO)
Last update - 13:31 27/11/2006
PM: Those serving 'lengthy terms' will go free too
Olmert: Shalit release will lead to prisoner release
By Avi Issacharoff, Aluf Benn, Jack Khoury and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that the release of Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, held since June by Gaza militants, would lead to the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
"With Gilad Shalit's release and his return safe and sound to his family, the Israeli government will be willing to release many Palestinian prisoners, even those who have been sentenced to lengthy terms," Olmert said.
The prime minister, speaking at the grave of Israel's first premier, David Ben-Gurion, in Sde Boker, said that he was extending his hand in peace to the Palestinians, and that he hoped it would not remain unanswered.
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"You, the Palestinian nation in the east and west... stand at the crossroads of a historic declaration," he said.
He called on the Palestinians to renounce violence and give up the insistence on the refugees' right of return to territory within Israel's borders, which has long been a major sticking point in peace negotiations.
If the Palestinians did decide to choose peace talks, Olmert promised, Israel would quit large swathes of the West Bank, ease checkpoints and release frozen funds to Palestinians.
"We will agree to leave large territories and dismantle settlements that we established," he said. "We will be willing to do this in exchange for real peace."
"We cannot change the past and we will not be able to bring back the victims on both sides of the borders," he said. "All that we have in our hands to do today is to stop additional tragedies.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the Palestinians were ready to negotiate a final peace deal.
"I believe Mr. Olmert knows he has a partner, and that is President Abbas. He knows that to achieve peace and security for all, we need to shoot for the end game," Erekat said.
As a first step, Erekat said, the two sides need to sustain the fragile cease-fire along the Israel-Gaza border and also extend it to the West Bank.
"That will open the key to a political horizon," he said.
Report: Olmert, Abbas to meet Rice
Israel Radio on Monday quoted Voice of Palestine Radio as saying that Olmert, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, and U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would soon meet in a three-way summit.
According to Israel Radio, Voice of Palestine also said that Britain had proposed to Israel and the PA that British observers be deployed on the Israel-Gaza Strip border to safeguard the truce that went into effect on Sunday.
Rice is to arrive Wednesday with U.S. President George W. Bush in Jordan to take part in a conference on democracy and development called by King Abdullah, and to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. The original plan called for a trip to the region to focus on the Iraqi issue, but now it appears that Rice will be devoting time to Israel and the Palestinians as well.
Jordan-based units of the Palestinian Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization, may be sent to the Strip to help enforce the cease-fire, Voice of Palestine was further quoted as saying.
Government sources in Jerusalem said Sunday they believed Rice would visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority this week as an expression of U.S. support for the Gaza cease-fire.
Olmert said Sunday during a trip to the Negev, "The state of Israel is so strong that it can allow itself to hold back, to give a real chance to the cease-fire. After all, a cease-fire is not the supreme goal. It is only a stage in the process, which we hope will create the dynamic that will lead to negotiations and dialogue, and perhaps will finally bring about an agreement between us and the Palestinians."
An intermediary between Hamas and Fatah, Ziad Abu-Amar, told Haaretz the Palestinian factions would soon begin to discuss expanding the short-term cease-fire, or tahadiyeh, to the West Bank.
Abu Amar also said Abbas had asked the factions to "calm down" their activities in the West Bank, so as to allow a cease-fire agreement to be extended to that area as well. A spokesman for the Palestinian government, Razi Hamed, confirmed to Haaretz that the organizations do intend to examine this option.
PM: Cease-fire is not the supreme aim
Olmert said Sunday during a visit in the Negev that "the State of Israel is so strong that it can allow itself some restraint in order to give a chance to a cease-fire."
"All of these things ultimately could lead to one thing - the opening of serious, real, open and direct negotiations between us," Olmert said. "So that we can move forward towards a comprehensive agreement between us and the Palestinians."
Olmert also said that Israel would display "patience and restraint" in the face of Palestinian violations of a cease-fire that went into effect earlier in the day.
"Even though there are still violations of the cease-fire by the Palestinian side, I have instructed our defense officials not to respond, to show restraint, and to give this cease-fire a chance to take full effect," he said during a ceremony at a high school in the Bedouin town of Rahat, adding "the government of Israel will not miss this opportunity for calm."
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davkakach:
The entire Bolshevik ruling clique, including Olmert, are traitors who deserve death.
sat_chit_anand:
--- Quote from: davkakach on November 27, 2006, 07:42:58 AM ---The entire Bolshevik ruling clique, including Olmert, are traitors who deserve death.
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Please explain to me how it works in Israel.
The Government basically regulate the press somehow, they only allow certain corporations into the country... Is that right?
Do leftists dominate the education system through the unions? That is what has happened in the UK.
They must have a weak spot though...
Is is easy to run a small business in Israel. Just how much of a command economy does Israel have. How much private ownership is there in Israel?
mord:
--- Quote from: sat_chit_anand on November 27, 2006, 08:15:15 AM ---
--- Quote from: davkakach on November 27, 2006, 07:42:58 AM ---The entire Bolshevik ruling clique, including Olmert, are traitors who deserve death.
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Please explain to me how it works in Israel.
The Government basically regulate the press somehow, they only allow certain corporations into the country... Is that right?
Do leftists dominate the education system through the unions? That is what has happened in the UK.
They must have a weak spot though...
Is is easy to run a small business in Israel. Just how much of a command economy does Israel have. How much private ownership is there in Israel?
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Leftists dominate the Courts ,Media and most everything else.
mord:
Bruch Marzel on Traitor Olmert http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3333179,00.html
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Published: 11.27.06, 14:30
Far right activist Baruch Marzel referred to the speech of Prime Minister Olmert and said that "the prime minister is a traitor and stupid," for saying that Israel will give Palestinians a state and many lands.
"It is amazing to see how this man does not learn from his mistakes and keeps bringing Israel to the brink of disaster," Marzel said. (Efrat Weiss)
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