More Terrorists to Go Free Before Annapolis While Olmert’s Recognition “Pre-conditions” Come Only After

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Commentary;

Ehud Olmert, in his continuing futile, national self-demeaning and perilous efforts at “confidence-building” and at propping-up Mahmoud Abbas in the face of rival (spelled ally) Hamas, will release 300 to 400 more Palestinian prisoners before the Annapolis summit which is slated to begin on 25 November. The transparent leftist charade of Abbas’ “readiness for peace” goes on.

Of course these, like all of their predecessors, will have to sign that worthless piece of paper pledging that they will hand in their weapons and refrain from future terror attacks. And everybody with a grain of intelligence and common sense knows that this batch of 300 or 400 releasees, like their predecessors, will be back planning and preparing to carry out the next terror attack, rocket attack, molotov cocktail, road ambush, etc. before the ink on the no-terror pledge is even dry.

And as if to top insanity with insanity, Aluf Benn reports in the same piece that;

Olmert told the gathering that immediately at the start of negotiations following the summit, Israel will set a precondition that the Palestinians recognize Israel as ‘a Jewish state.”

Olmert’s stance suggests that Israel does not intend to raise this issue as an obstacle to holding the summit, but will pursue it after the conference.

Meantime, Ehud Barak is taking credit for encouraging Olmert to press Abbas for “recognition;”

“Barak’s associates… took credit on Sunday for Olmert’s decisions to insist that Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state be a precondition for the summit…”

It is hilarious, beyond absurd that Barak conveniently overlooks Olmert’s intentions to set a “recognition precondition” only after the conference, when all of the principles have been established and when Israel has not a leg to stand on.

As if one can bring about recognition in a single act, we should have learned roughly 11 years ago that the PLO Charter and Covenant, which is replete with calls for destruction of Israel and death to the Jews, still exists despite media propaganda, meaningless votes of committees lacking jurisdiction to render the charter null and void and other forms of smoke and mirrors.

Article 33 of the Charter describes THE ONLY WAY that it can be changed or amended;

This Charter shall not be amended save by [vote of] a majority of two-thirds of the total membership of the National Congress of the Palestine Liberation Organization [taken] at a special session convened for that purpose.

Olmert and his protexia regime hide behind bogus “peace” as the rationale for their true intentions — separation from and abrogation of sovereignty of Jerusalem’s Old City, Har HaBayit, Yehuda and the Shomron at all costs, at the nation’s dire peril.

Professor Paul Eidelberg provides an explanation behind the regime’s true intentions;

The teachings of the Prophets of Israel, intimately related to Judea and Samaria, especially Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, were engraved in the Jewish people’s collective memory. So long as Jews remained in Judea and Samaria, most Jews in Israel would remain bonded to Judaism. This bond had to be severed; Judaism had to be emasculated and the Jewish soul deconstructed. This was the hidden purpose of Oslo’s architects.

To hear Professor Eidelberg’s full presentation, click here. MB

Israel to Release Up to 400 Palestinian Prisoners Ahead of Summit, by Aluf Benn (Haaretz)

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Israel will release 300 to 400 Palestinian prisoners before the Annapolis summit later this month as a good-will gesture to the Palestinian Authority and its chairman, Mahmoud Abbas.

But this number falls far short of the nearly 2,000 Abbas had requested from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The list will not include prisoners who were involved in killing Israelis, described as having “blood on their hands.”

The release of the prisoners will be the only good-will gesture before Annapolis. Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the security chiefs are adamant in their opposition to lifting any roadblocks or checkpoints along roadways in the West Bank, fearing that this would undermine security and make it easier for terrorists to strike.

Olmert held a meeting on Sunday to discuss the Annapolis summit and the negotiations toward a final-settlement agreement. Livni, Barak, the chief of staff and the heads of the intelligence services attended the meeting.

Olmert told the gathering that immediately at the start of negotiations following the summit, Israel will set a precondition that the Palestinians recognize Israel as “a Jewish state.”

“I do not intend to compromise in any way over the issue of the Jewish state,” Olmert said, thereby accepted the position of Livni and Barak. “This will be a condition for our recognition of a Palestinian state.”

Olmert said he raised the importance of this issue during his talks with European and American officials, and their response had been positive. However, during talks in recent weeks between the Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams, the Palestinians refused to include the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state in the shared declaration the teams are preparing, which will be made at Annapolis.

This recognition is meant to bolster Israel’s position that rejects the return of Palestinian refugees to areas inside the Green Line – the border before the 1967 Six-Day War.

Olmert’s stance suggests that Israel does not intend to raise this issue as an obstacle to holding the summit, but will pursue it after the conference.

Barak insists on number of conditions toward final settlement

At the meeting with Olmert on Sunday, Barak said Israel must insist on a number of conditions in the negotiations toward a final settlement.

Among these are a declaration that the Israel-Palestinian conflict has come to an end; that Israel is a Jewish state; that the Palestinian state is completely disarmed; that Israel has the right to overfly Palestinian territory; that the PA is responsible for the Gaza Strip; that until there is a solution on the Gaza Strip, Israel will retain full freedom of action there; that a “safe passage” corridor between the West Bank and Gaza would go into effect only after the security situation in Gaza changes; and that Israel will promise economic assistance to projects to be created in the Palestinians Territories with the help of foreign donors.

Meanwhile, despite Palestinian claims that there is a crisis in the talks, Livni and Qureia exchanged drafts of the joint declaration that Israel and the Palestinians are to present at the Annapolis summit.

Government officials did not deny reports in recent days that Israel had surprisingly softened its stance on the core issues – particularly on borders and Jerusalem.