Building Bridges: Olmert must remain the PM

Ohlmert is heading towards being written in Jewish history as the worst Prime Minister (as far as the Jewish people are concerned, anyway, he's been great for the arabs) of all time. Hopefully, the Israeli electorate wakes up and removes him before he can do further damage to the State and the Jewish people by groveling to the world and giving away not only our land, but our united capital.

condemn one person. bush is demonized for merely carrying longstanding u.s. foreign: to expand by any means. surely,2 atom bombs thrown on civilians prove that amers ( or ab. 10% of its popul)will stopp at nothing in order to expand by proxi or even direct control like in iraq and afghanistan. u.s. will establish, i believe, permament bases iniq&afgh.since the planet is getting daily poorer,u.s. is speeding up land grab. but we can already say we are onplanet u.s. there is no one to stop it. idf behaves the same way. u.s. cannot at this time ok dispersal. chomsky believes that id

For building bridges the fiundamentals must be correct. ABBAS=1 a long standing terrorist 2 is not an honest person 3.does not have the support of his people 4. FATAH, is currently competing with Hamas to see who can commit more crimes against Israelis (look at the missile laboratory in the WB) 5. is doing the bidding for Syria; 6. Not one single issue has shown that he can be a positive force 7. is barely holding to power. Under the situation you can only build a very unsafe bridge. Stop the delusion!

There is no "popular" call for Barak to leave the government, responsibile or irresponsible.
Just a few politicians that latched on to some silly pronouncements that Barak made in the past. It takes a smarter man to reject his own past statements if they are wrong. Life is a long lesson in humility

Mr. Oppenheimer says is that Olmert should stay in power, regardless of his failures, his many police investigations and the fact that the overwhelming majority of the citizens despise him and his policies. Real democracy..Peace Now style ! And that for the only reason that Mr. Olmert is trying to implement a policy which is Mr. Oppenheimer's cup of tea...process which he calls, as that other criminal and failed (Oslo) experiment a "peace process"...which is a deceit in itself.

Yariv Oppenheimer's arguments are worded as to leave little doubt that he sees moral equivalence between the "extremists on both sides," Israeli and Arab. His is a morally (dare I say psychologically) sick position, beyond the pale of any acceptable discourse. The JPost should suspend any further publication of his views until Oppenheimer issues a clarification and retraction. The practical implications of Oppenheimer's position are such that he would shed no tears if any Israeli of Bibi Netanyahu's political persuasion and Rightward were to be gunned down.

Ha! How surprising is this- Oppenheimer arguing for concilatory Olmert to remain PM despite his corruption, anti-democratic trends, and conciliatory trends. Does anyone else remember the article of a few months ago that the left whitewashes PMs when they go for withdrawal? Oppenheimer is a shining example of this pathetic trend.

If Oppenheimer wants Olmert, the rest of the Jewish world should not.

Israel keeps Olmert because Israel has become as weak and corrupt as Olmert. He is your face to the world, along with that other weakling, Peres.

This is what has become of the 6 Day War and Entebbe Israel.

I'm glad my father didn't live to see what you have become.

Oppenheimer is part of the "Rape Israel" crowd. Olmert is the leader of the gang-rape of our country, and Oppenheimer insists that Olmert be allowed to go through with the crime.

Removal of the current government - the first fully civil goverment of Israel would certainly play into the hands of radical elements on both sides of the barrier. It is clear that there are people on both sides who are not interested in peace. Hamas and Islamic Jihad are not interested in peace, neither is the Israeli military establishment or the right-wing parties. After peace is reached in Palestine they will loose their importance and legitimacy. Nobody will need Netanyahu, Lieberman or Haniya and Habash when true peace is established. These people have nothing to offer their people.

I disagree with you completely. If Barak cannot support Olmert, he should abandon the government immediately. Let the chips fall where they may. Hopefully the Olmert Government will fail quickly, completely, and some people who know how to stand up for their sovereignty will prevail.

Olmert is a small time anti-ZIonist political functonary and as such cannot decide the future of Israel. Abbas stands against Israel as the Jewish nation. Maybe the 'Zionist Entity' is more acceptable. Abbas is a Holocaust denier. Olmert fawns over Abbas as if he is a born again Sadat. Abbas' defense of Hamas is anti- Sadat thinking. So called Right of return to Israel is ultimate proof of his desire to destory Israel. Oppenheimer laments a period of one and a half years as too much time wasted. Let him consider the 3000 year histoy of Jews in light of that annoyance.

So, Oppenheimer frets about the inefficiencies and disruptions of keeping ilmert in power. I like how he cautions against catchphrases when his very organization's name is a catchphrase.

He grants that ilmert's ineptitude cost lives in Leb, but says that doing anything about it is crying over spilled milk. Of course, we must expect ilmert to do more inept things because HE IS INEPT.

Oppenheimer and Olmert both should face trial or charges of Treason and Cowardice.

You can also add Self-Loathing, putting the interests of the enemy above those of your own citizens, and hate and disdain of Zionism as part and parcel of the charges..

Mr. Oppenheimer,
With all due respect, do you people actually believe (with all that history has to show us) that Olmert is operating in the best interest of
the Jewish peoiple. Unfortunately, the irony of history is that Jew's like yourself will not have the freedom to be left wing without a strong and stubborn Jewish Israel.

Nowhere does this writer mention that nobody has ever voted for Ohlmert for PM. The last vote Israelis had, they voted for Sharon when he was still taking a tough stand against terror in Judea and Samaria and had the support of the right. Ohlmert had the support of 9% at one point and not much more now. That vote also was long before Kadima corruption became as known.

Missing from this article is the fact that Kadima is a party that will cease to be a major player after the next election. This writer doesn't even acknowledge that such a likelihood plays any part in his thinking. Sounds like something is being held back here. I can't read his mind, but I'll bet his own
political agenda is weighing a lot more than upsetting the voters with an election.

Oppenheimer is a longstanding advocate of a one state solution. He doesnt have the courage to explicitly state it, but the policies he espouses are all consistent with this aim. he reminds me of the late unlamented Yossi Ginnosar, who managed Arafat's finances even when he knew they were being used for terrorism. Im tired of NGO backed Israelis selling out our country. I hope Olmert is indicted for corruption along with his cronies and supporters. Even Al Capone was eventually indicted for tax evasion

May the Hand of HaShem's find you, Olmert, and his corrupt government for the harm brought upon Israel and the Jewish people.

not only do i think olmert has to go.... but i think its the beginning of the downfall of the west if he stays in power!