Haaretz Service: Report: U.S. asks Turkey to push harder for Israel-Syria talks
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Title:#3 So what, exactly, is your problem with Olmert`s statement?
Name:Johnboy
City: SydneyState: Australia
"Olmert told the French weekly that his top priority was reaching peace with Syria and the Palestinians, adding that no other matter was as important or urgent for the future of Israel."

Sounds like a motherhood statement to me, Joseph.

What, exactly, do you regard as being more important to Israel than peace with the neighbours?

Hanging on to conquered land, perhaps?

You regard colonial expansion as a more important goal for Israel?

Is that it, Joseph?

You regard *those* things as being more important than peace?

The glorious prospect of empire-building has, I`m afraid to say, Gone To Your Head, sonny......