Ehud Olmert Prime Minister of Israel

[Sétanta]

Ehud Olmert has officially suceeded Ariel Sharon as the Prime Minister of Israel.

Quite something to live up to

[RusskiSoldat]

99% of the time they don't, so don't get your hopes up.

[Sétanta]

Oh I don't.

I just don't want him to make the situation worse (if thats even possible)

[Valentin the II]

I just don't want him to make the situation worse (if thats even possible)

. It will never be worse then Irak .

[Elu Barcino]

. It will never be worse then Irak .

That's not the kind of thing you boast about...

[Valentin the II]

That's not the kind of thing you boast about...

What do you mean by that?

[Last Roman]

Oh I don't.

I just don't want him to make the situation worse (if thats even possible)

hopefully he will continue Sharon's policies.

[I Have a Clever Name]

This would lead me to tentatively propose that there is a general aesthetic trend in Israeli politics..

Actually, politics in general.

[God]

Wouldn't like to live in America with Bush as my President...

[SovietDoom]

That was relevant.



In my gut, I feel that this man is going to be a good Prime Minister. I can feel it.

[Harlanite]

Wasn't he the mayor of Jerusalem?

[RusskiSoldat]

What's your point?
Heading a city and heading a country are very different mostly for one reason: a city has no foreign policy.
He can be the greatest administrator, and still completely mess up foreign affairs.

[OriginOfSymmetry]

everyone has bad pictures...
he doesnt look scary, he's just... boring. a boring man,
but he is better than the alternatives- netanyahu and peretz.

oh, and he wasnt a great mayor ither, he was pretty bad to my knowledge

[MoROmeTe]

As long as he executes a quick pull-out out of parts of the West Bank and succeds in keeping Hamas in line he'll do quite nicely. What worries me is that he ain't got the military background of Sharon and he might not have the guts to take the shait when it hits the fan. We shall see...

Thanks, OriginOfSymetry...

[OriginOfSymmetry]

As long as he executes a quick pull-out out of parts of Gaza and succeds in keeping Hamas in line he'll do quite nicely. What worries me is that he ain't got the military background of Sharon and he might not have the guts to take the shait when it hits the fan. We shall see...

it would be kinda hard to pull our of gaza, since israel is allready out of there. i guess you ment the west bank.
and youre right, sharon had the balls i doubt olmert has, the balls you need to make peace in this region.

[Erik]

it would be kinda hard to pull our of gaza, since israel is allready out of there. i guess you ment the west bank.

Israel is still EXAPANDING into the West Bank.
Ever looked at the shape of the "sniper wall" they are building now?

A few weeks ago some idiots tried to fire their homeade rocket into Gaza, an Israeli hellfire missile blew their stupid asses off before they got a half a kilometre away.

You mean the incident where they fired a rocket at a Palestinian home, killing an 8 year old girl?

Now Hamas won the election, but so what? They're toothless now, all they can do is sit in their ramshackle govt compounds and blubber about how nobody wants to give them money.

Here I agree.
Hamas winning the elections was the best thing to reduce terrorism.
Maybe the EU can even convince Hamas to fight AGAINST the terrorists, but sadly our good-for-nothing politicians have a thing against "negotiating with terrorists", so they can't say "stop all terrorism and we wil send you money again".

These are not sane people, they are barbarians who only understand force, so you better wield it with strength and effectiveness in order to survive.

Didn't Hitler say that about the Jews too?

Israel won't see peace until they create a situation where the average Palestinian can make a normal living for themselves.
Israel keeps destroying the Palestinian economy and makes Palestinians scared to loose their homes to the bulldozers and their lovedones to the random "retaliation strikes", so they leave then no other option then becomming terrorists.
Hopefully this new PM wil do things different, but I doubt it.

[SovietDoom]

No...he said they were parasites who will do anything to save their own skins.

Hitler said THAT about the Slavs and Blacks.

[OriginOfSymmetry]

Israel is still EXAPANDING into the West Bank.
Ever looked at the shape of the "sniper wall" they are building now?

what does it got to do with what i said?

You mean the incident where they fired a rocket at a Palestinian home, killing an 8 year old girl?

8 year old girl and about 18 other terrorists (not in the same incident ofcourse, but throghout the bombings
im sorry for the girl, but you should more accurate.
and to be fair- another innocent 16 years boy was killed, and also a small kid was killed when he was in a car with his father and 3 other terrorists, or something like that :wink:

Israel won't see peace until they create a situation where the average Palestinian can make a normal living for themselves.
Israel keeps destroying the Palestinian economy and makes Palestinians scared to loose their homes to the bulldozers and their lovedones to the random "retaliation strikes", so they leave then no other option then becomming terrorists.
Hopefully this new PM wil do things different, but I doubt it.

thats funny, because i dont see peace until hamas will drop from his far-right stance and will be ready to make some compromises.
and i want to see your country not retaliating after being bombed daily (by lets say... belguim )

and just for you to know- olmert has a plan to evacuate all illigal (by istraeli law, not international) and isolated settlements out of the west bank

[I Have a Clever Name]

I read somewhere that he intends to address the issue of possessed territories, though I may be incorrect. That should relieve a lot of pressure, should action actually be taken.

[Dirty Harry]

There is peace, Israel beat the palestinians with their security fence and the dismantaling of the serious terrorist organisations through intelligence victory. There's been no suicide bombings for a long time, not cuz they don't want to do it, but cuz they can't, Israel is invincible. A few weeks ago some idiots tried to fire their homeade rocket into Gaza, an Israeli hellfire missile blew their stupid asses off before they got a half a kilometre away. Now Hamas won the election, but so what? They're toothless now, all they can do is sit in their ramshackle govt compounds and blubber about how nobody wants to give them money. Again, where is the threat to Israel now? Asides from potential Iranian ballistic missiles (for which Israel is at the forefront of missile defence technology dveelopment to counter them), nobody can touch Israel.