The "Geostrategic" Imperative of "Greater Israel"

“The process of national revival of the Jewish people is irreversible and has its internal logic. We shall have no peace as long as the whole territory of the Country of Israel will not return under Jewish control. This might sound too hard, but such is the logic of history.

The war on the Holy Land has been already fought for four thousand years and the end cannot be seen. A stable peace will come only then, when Israel will return to itself all its historical lands, and will thus control both the Suez and the Ormudz channel. The state will find at last its geostrategic completeness. We must remember that Iraqi oil fields too are located on the Jewish land. This may seem utopia to many now - but an even greater utopia seemed a hundred years ago the revival of the Jewish state...

If you want it, this will not not be a fairy tale"

---Rabbi Avrom Shmulevic

You see, its really not about the Arabs trying to "push the Jews into the sea." On the contrary, its about the Zionists trying to push the Arabs into the desert. Consider what has already happened - the only state that has been "wiped from the map" is Palestine...

The Madoff Lesson As Applied to Jews and Arabs

I would urge the White House that the next time it wants to strategize with various groups about the Middle East, they should organize the meeting according to shared values not shared ethnicity. It simply cannot expect those who support President-elect Obama and Secretary of State-designate Clinton to offer honest counsel while sitting in the same room with those who both oppose (often vitriolically) Obama and Clinton but, even more, their vision for the Middle East.

Now, this article makes a lot of sense! Which is why it will probably go completely ignored by the Obama Administration...

Barack Obama links Israel peace plan to 1967 borders deal

On a visit to the Middle East last July, the president-elect said privately it would be “crazy” for Israel to refuse a deal that could “give them peace with the Muslim world”, according to a senior Obama adviser.

ANALYSIS / Olmert's epiphany is too little, too late

At the age of 63, just moments before his departure from premiership, Ehud Olmert has reached an extraordinary epiphany. In order to make peace with the Palestinians and the Syrians, Israel must withdraw from "nearly all the territories, if not all." As he told Yedioth Aharonoth in a holiday interview, even East Jerusalem must be given to the Palestinians.

Even the Israelis are admitting that it was the Palestinians, not the Israelis, who didn't have a true peace partner. Israelis are finally saying publicly what most have been saying privately for years - it was their leaders who were saying one thing in English and another thing in Hebrew when speaking about peace with the Palestinians

Middle East Quartet must show its teeth

The Quartet’s greatest failure has been in not holding Israel accountable for accelerating the impoverishment and suffering of Palestinians. In the short term, the Palestinians desperately require aid – nearly 80 per cent of Gaza’s residents depend almost entirely on foreign assistance for their daily needs. In the longer term, Palestinians must be allowed to develop their own means of cultivating economic growth and development. By deliberately cutting off hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza strip, not just from economic exchange but from many of the essentials of modern life, Israel advances no one’s interests – particularly not its own.

Quartet is failing to improve Palestinians' lives

Palestinians unload sacks of food from a United Nations Relief and Works Agency lorry. Saif Dahlal / AFP

Leading aid agencies have warned the Middle East Quartet that it is failing to improve the lives of Palestinians or advance the prospects of a peace settlement.

Well, NO SH*T! Any Palestinian could have told you that!!

Bush Mideast speech draws cool response

"You have all types of contradictions," Shorbagy said. "Talking about freedom when you're occupying two countries in the region: Afghanistan and Iraq. Talking about justice while you're against the (Palestinian) right of return. Talking about democracy while you're against elected groups you don't like...Was he listening to himself?"

Israelis - Bush bringing another Holocaust

"The rally was organized by the 'SOS Israel' under the banner of praying for a unified Jerusalem. Protestors read psalms and carried signs, several of which warned that Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were "bringing another Holocaust.""

Bush sees Mideast treaty before end of term

U.S. President George W. Bush, left, and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas give a joint press conference on Thursday at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority Presidential Compound, in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

"President Bush on Thursday predicted that a Middle East peace treaty would be completed by the time he leaves office, but undercut that optimism with harsh criticism of Hamas militants who control part of the land that would form an eventual independent Palestine."

It's going to be interesting see how a Palestinian state will be developed WITHOUT including nearly 1.5 million of the proposed inhabitants.

Bush - A president hostile to Israel

"George Bush is coming to Israel this week. He will take pleasure in his visit. One can assume that there are few prime ministers with a giant photo of themselves with the U.S. president hanging on the wall in their home, as our Ehud Olmert boasted last week that he does, to his exalted guest, the comic Eli Yatzpan. There are also few other countries where the lame duck from Washington would not be greeted with mass demonstrations; instead, Israel is making great efforts to welcome him graciously. The man who has wreaked such ruin upon the world, upon his country, and upon us is such a welcome guest only in Israel."

Rabbi wants Olmert hanged for talking peace with Palestinians

"Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe, a Chabad rabbi in Israel, was shown on television Wednesday addressing a demonstration against the Olmert government's peace moves with the Palestinian Authority."

Democracy: an existential threat?

"A single state in historic Palestine, based on equality, is the most promising alternative to the already dead two-state dogma."

Abbas wants Israeli settlement freeze at summit

"Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will demand Israel commit to a freeze on all settlement construction at a peace summit Thursday, the first since the two sides agreed to resume peace talks at a U.S.-sponsored conference last month."

Israel freeze all settlement construction? Are you serious? Abbas, don't hold your breathe. Israel don't want peace, Israel want Palestine!

Rice rebukes Israel for divisive building plans

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells USA TODAY reporters Tuesday that she admonished Israel's plans to expand a settlement in East Jerusalem, where most of the city's Arabs live.

"The Israeli action "undermines confidence" needed to revive dormant peace talks, she said at an hour-long session with USA TODAY reporters and editors. She issued an "admonition" that both sides had an "obligation to be very careful about activities that undermine confidence.""

The Israel Lobby and the War Party

"The Israelis don't want to negotiate, but they're willing to go through the motions – after all, why not? It's just another way for them to thumb their noses at everyone, including their American benefactors. They'll never make meaningful concessions: there's no reason to as long as there are no constraints on their behavior. As long as a steady stream of American aid and arms keeps the Israeli ship of state afloat, Israel is the regional superpower, with none of its neighbors a match for its nuclear-armed military might."

Persian Gulf Officials: Israel Threatens Middle East

"Minutes after US Defense Secretary Robert Gates rejected a suggestion that a nuclear-armed Israel would be a threat to Persian Gulf countries and dismissed claims that Washington employed double standards over Iran and the Zionist regime, Senior Persian Gulf officials insisted that Tel Aviv was the threat, gulfnews.com reported."

Rice warns Israel against East J'lem construction

"On Friday, Rice warned Israel that the construction plan threatened U.S.-backed efforts to achieve peace with the Palestinians."

Rice criticises Israel's settlement expansion plan

"US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticised Friday an Israeli decision to expand a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem. Referring to last week's Annapolis Middle East peace conference, Rice told a press conference in Brussels, "I made it clear that we are in a time when the goal is to build maximum confidence with the parties. "This is not going to build that confidence.""

A GENEROUS OFFER TO THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEES?

"Anyone familiar with Israeli politics, was not surprised that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did not acknowledge Israel’s occupation in his speech at Annapolis. What was surprising was, that, short of mentioning the “R” word- refugees,Olmert acknowledged the Palestinian refugee problem."

Two States or One? - It's time to choose

"Almost immediately after the hollow show in Annapolis, a ray of hope has appeared from an unexpected source -- Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert."