Concerning Annapolis, I Am Not Going to Hold My Breath

All I have to say is that we need to learn from our children. My son is 15 years old and is the only Jew in his school, however he loves telling "Jew jokes". I am still trying to convince him Jew jokes are to be told to Jews, like Catholic jokes are for Catholics, it's like putting himself down...I don't know if it has registered yet or not. We live in a college town and about 10% of the kids are from Iraq, Iran, Egypt or Palistine. His best friend for the last 4 years has been a Palistinian boy. This kid wears a hoodie to school a lot with a Palistian flag on it so my son wanted one with an Israeli flag. I bought it for him for Hannukah. Was this a smart thing to do? Hopefully these are were educated Americanized people who understand kids will be kids!

"Progress" in peace talks has always been bad for Israel since the Palestinians do not keep their agreements. I'd just as soon have Hamas take over the West Bank too so Israel and the US can stop pretending there's any chance of reaching a peace agreement. If there is to be an agreement, then I go for the all or nothing approach. Unless everything gets resolved, then there is no benefit. Incrementalism has not worked.

The Palestinians have never kept an agreement since the Oslo Accords, and they never will. The whole meeting in Annapolis is a farce at best. If Israel gives any part of Jerusalem away in a "Land for Peace" deal, they will suffer the wrath of God, and if the United States has any hand in it, they will bring that same wrath on their country. I pray every day for the peace of Jerusalem, but this is not the way to achieve it. What makes these leader think that this well choreograhed meeting with it's eloquent but useless speaches will have any results? It is a waste of time and money, because it won't have any real, lasting, beneficial effects, or make any true progress towards true peace. Arafat himself said he was just soothing Israel while he continued to build up troops, weapons and plans of attack. All this meeting is doing, as with most political farces, is drawing attention away from the real problem in the world, Iran.

I can no longer hold back my utter disgust and angst for the whole land for peace deal between the apostate Olmert and the 'palestinians'. All that giving land and the creation of a 'palestinian' state will do is cause more blood shed for the entire region. Frankly there is no need for a 'palestinian' state because there is no such thing as 'palestine', there is no language of 'palestinan'. In fact there isn't even the letter 'P' in Arabic! But enough on that rant, here is a better idea that is backed by former and hopefully future Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu.
Formulated by Knesset Member Rabbi Benny Elon (National Religious Party), the "Israeli Initiative" calls for Israel to immediately annex all of Judea and Samaria, while working together with Jordan to grant Jordanian citizenship to all of the Arabs living there. Large Arab population centers would conduct civil affairs with a degree of autonomy, while exercising their national expression through Jordan, which is already a 'palestinian'-majority country. For those who need a history lesson the PLO leader Yassir Arafat tried to make 'palestine' in Jordan until King Hussien called for his death and he escaped to Israel wearing a womans dress!

With the Israeli Initiative, the 'palestinian' Authority would be dismantled, as would the so-called 'palestinian' "refugee camps."

Here are the details of the Initiative: http://www.israelinitiative.com/PersonalMessage.aspx

Unlike the U.S. Israel's power is with-in the Knesset and any plan must be decided and voted on by them. The Israeli Initiative is gaining momentum in the Knesset and I pray it is sucessful

I am a Christian who love deeply the Jewish roots of my faith, the people and land of Israel. I strongly agree with Will. Jerusalem is the City of God and should never ever be traded for "peace and security". To carve up Jerusalem will accomplish only a greater threat to Israel by her enemies. Her enemies do not want peace without the destruction of the state of Israel. By observing the behavior of her enemies despite the concessions already made by Israel will show what her enemies are really like. Such concessions of carving up land to appease a threat did not work in the 1930's and will not work here. Chai l'Beit Israel!

I have not read any comment so far that is not tainted with animosity. God is looking over Jerusalem. We planned God also planned. His plan will be realised while we are only puppet to His plan. Did not Judaism preaches peace, Christisanity preaches peace and did not Islam also preaches peace? Should we not all then go for peace?

Give Annapolis the hope.