A Point of View: President Bush's push for peace

why must Israel deal w/ Abbas while under attack? it's clear that while the hamas and the plo. are antagonists and will not share power, nevertheless they are both committed to Israel's withdrawal and an arab state. there is nothing to change this equation so why make believe it doesn't exist at Israel's expense? the U.S.'s foolish policy will only hasten its already diminished diplomatic prestige (or power by persuation, not by force). the U.S. will have to come around to backing Israel eventually, but this will come at the loss of additional prestige and diplomatic suasion.

Empty talk from an empty suit with an empty mind.

1/17/08 Please forgive my nievitate and spelling.
I cant help but wonder why the palastinians cant seem to progress in areas that are not in dispute. Why do they seem to depend on Isreal for their wellbeing and progress.
Isreal seems to fail in the propeganda area. They could establish schools for the Arabs and inculcate their views in the students that are more in keeping with western culture. Would that not be a win, win situation type of investment?
Why cant they declare a State with partly undefined borders? Please explain.

Yes, the President was very negligent in not mentioning the jihadist teachings in the PA, and that's a symptom of his fundamental lack of understanding of that ideology. As Sun Tzu said: "Know your enemy." He doesn't.
If Bush did understand, he wouldn't waste his time proposing fantasy-based plans that the jihadist-inspired Arabs will never abide by.

A constitution geared to individual rights without ethnic or religious entitlement, eliminate the 'right of return' for Jews and Arabs alike and replace it with a normalized immigration policy, make reparations for confiscated property and population upheaval, tear down the wall, love your neighbor as yourself, no excuses for religious violence, equitable allocation of resources, yadda, yadda, yadda.

But most importantly, toss out the false prophets of partition and separatism.

"Unfortunately, nothing specific addressed one of the most pressing underlying causes of the continuing conflict, the daily teachings of hatred of Israel and Jews in the Palestinian media and educational systems." That right, Abe? Not the occupation, you mean? Foxman is a fraud and all of America knows it, save Congress and the NY Times. He is everyone's least favorite American, save Alan Dershowitz.

This article exemplifies what is wrong with our national Jewish leaders as well as Israel's current political elites. They are all afraid to stand up for Jewish/Israeli interests, and more than willing to bend over backwards to understand and defend everyone else. And G-d forbid they should defy Mr. Bush. Our leaders have a Jewish inferiority complex that threatens Israel’s survival and corrupts Jewish self esteem. As in WWII you can't negotiate with people who want to kill you. You must defeat them. When will we ever learn?

Mr. Foxman,
Do you really believe that any more conciliatory acts on the part of Israel will bring peace? Your soft approach will bring disaster to Israel. Go visit Sderot.

The devil is in the detail...the Bush indulgence and promotion of the two state solution fails to recognize Hamas terrorists as the defacto embodiment of a sanctioned Palestinian state.
President George W. Bush is endorsing an illfated Marshall Plan in advance of 'winning the war on terrorism.' In this scenario, the
State of Israel will inherit the wind.

This is all fantasy play for Arab propagnda and populism. Abbas is on borrowed time - he lacks any power and Hamas is poised to remove him at any time.The Palestinians are a political creature of the left (former USSR) and not a people and therefor can never create a real state of peace.The Arab world will never accept Israel even in the Aushwitz lines. Finally Israel can't make peace with Al-Queda, Hamas, Hezbulla, Islamic Jihad among others especially Iran and if Abbas's own Fatah groups won't stop killing Israelis...... -Its a peace lie process

US Congress+Pres Harding signed Balfour,Road Map has not been approved.US resoution does not mention Aras at all only non-Jewish minority.Genesis 10-13&14 states Palestinians came out of Egypt,lets us help them return home to Egypt!

Can we stop with this parade of Jewish liberals in the JP?

Foxman hugged Arafat. That says it all.

Hello!!!I'm living in the middle of all this. The arabs see it as a sign of weakness everytime there are concession. Israel gave them guns and they start killling jews. We withdrew from Gaza and they are throwing rockets like the 4th of july. Why does there have to be ANOTHER arab state? !
There has to be another possilbity than "land for peace! Will someone with vision please come up with one? The future of Israel is at stake

Tired of these self-hating PRO PLO traitors calling themselves "Jewish leaders" and calling themselves "Pro Israel." This is the work of a propagandist.

All civilization is dead to the Islamo/Fascists except where the teachings of Mohammad are taught. World won't understand this until Ahmadinejad launches World War III and the prophecies listed in the book of Revelation chapter 6-until the book's end are completed.

Dear foxman

Why live in two worlds, is not america not good enough for you. If it is not why not leave and live in a stolen land, yes you may say that america is a stolen land for the for land owners. I am one of them, and as long as there is a adl or anything like it then there will not bfe peace in isreal or america. Animals return to the land of its birth even after many generations, thus so has the jew and the arab, both bastards with a right too a homeland.

Pres. Bush said," we should have bombed Aushwitz" He didn't say why we didn't.
Seymour Reich, former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations recently spoke at a conference, saying his predicesors, as leaders of the J.P during WW2, supported the Pres. and the State Dept. in a hands off rescue policy. It is documented that they could have saved 100's of 1000's at least. What does this say about Jewish leaders, What does this say about us?

Fascinating that virtually all of the preceding "talk-backers" recognize Foxman for what he is and excoriate his posturings. It is late in the day to recognize that there is no oeace with people who indoctrinate Jihad in their schools; Foxman enjoyed countless photo ops with Arafat and Abu Mazen, but never moved them one inch to diminish incitement. Foxman was a principal cheerleader for the Gaza withdrawl. Before he urges that more Israelis should be exposed to rocket fire, he should have the decency to visit the residents of Sderot and sekk tshuvah.

Bush's failed policies in the United States during the past seven and a half years speak volumes. He portrayed himself as a conservative and yet created the largest bureaucracy in our nation. Our national debt is now almost ten trillion dollars. Israel should shun counselling from Bush. Olmert and Bush are failed leaders, both looking for a legacy. History will reveal that neither one had any concept of how best to protect and defend their sovereign nations from those determined to finish Hitler's project.

dear kastner.judeo-christian alliance destroys ex-palestine. thru warfare and terrorism disperses some 700,000 pals. thru an aggresion in '67 obtaiins all of expalestine but not legall as yet. keep pals in camp.torture,imprison,kill them for being in the ay of the jews. visit the camp. see for self.since isr wants not nly all of palestine w.o. pals but also parts of syria,lebanon, and jrdan. isr avoids peace like a plague. w. peace they do not gainmuch. the y actually lose.

An ancient Greek myth about life in the afterlife for a wearied intellectual is that he will push a giant cabbage up a hill, and when he almost gets to the top, he'll lose his grip on the situation, and the cabbage will role back down, and he'll have to start all over again. That's the life of Cabbage George the Fourth. He charged windmills on his VISA while Gondola out - hustled the East.

Defy Mr. Bush? U.S's foolish policy? The President was negligent?

He's at least trying to accomplish something Israel hasn't been able to do. What are you waiting for, President Bush to say, "Attack!"

Stop blaming the USA. I've never seen a country that is so frozen with fear, yet blames everyone else.

#1 through #10
It is precisely because of the above postings that Israel, as a nation, is despised by most of the world community. Your antagonistic whining that the Pals. initiate every aggressive action is simply incorrect. Ariel at the Muslim prayer site, the killing of Zahar's son the total inbalance in deaths.Give the world a break from your perpetual whiningIf I were a Pal. kid I'd throw rocks at the IDF (ascist) tanks and I'm sure they'd reta;iate killing 10 civilians. Good G-d.

Gnawing on the Annapolis tree of knowledge was supposed to make one wise.

Those who complain about the hatred generated by Palestinians towards Israel are putting the cart before the horse. To put it in simple personal terms, sit on someone's back for 40 years and see how loving the one on the bottom would be towards the guy on top.
The hatred is purely a function of an abusive occupation. Quit the occupation and the healing process will begin.

Dear apologist,

Start by declaring the democratic vote for Hamas.

Then start viewing the maps that omit Israel's name. And the hate filled school books concerning all to do with Israel.

Then explain why Cuba 90 miles away was quarantined in the '62 missile crisis because the U.S. feared weapons imported from Russia then. So explain why Israel has to open up its 2 miles wide West Bank bordesr exposed to rocket attacks and an independent hostile unstable state which can freely then import deadliest of weapons so it won't have to smuggle same thru toda's Gaza tunnels.

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I'm with Albert, I would throw rocks too.

When a Palestinian sees a Jew, what does he usually see? Normal people living normal lives?Or is a Palestinian more likely to see a soldier with a gun at a checkpoint, that they may or may not be let through.

Why would anyone ever wonder why these kids might grow up like this, and then teach there own kids that Israel is bad.

What reputation is Israel going to have with the next generation of Palestinians? Whatever it is, today generation of Israeli's will have created it.

Ah yes, Abe Foxman, who panned 'Passion of the Christ' as 'antisemitic' but hugs Arafat (the real Jew hater) and promotes the Palestinians as 'peace partners'.

Foxman has shown more allegiance to classic left wing thought than the welfare of Israel.

Mr. Foxman you fail to define the key word "contiguous" as it is used in the context of this peace agreement or road map. It is a coded word for the sword or bridge which will divide the land of Israel in half and will also create a Berlin Wall in Jerusalem. Do your home work, do not be caught thinking foolishly.

firstly, abbas has a lot of chutzbah for demanding that israel stop its air war against gaza while rockets are still sailing into israel from gaza.

secondly, if the arabs do get their state what makes them believe that they would still be entitled to return to israel if that' where they left when israel was formed???

thirdly, i believe that since bush kept his nose out of israel for 7 years - he should keep it out of israel for his last (thank g_d) year