Israel Government eases restrictions to boost Palestinian economy

[xxamesmiralles]

shalom Israel.......

From Philippines.....

[richjewboy1]

Ayn Rand would have been a better Prime Minister. She would have made sure that there were no Arabs left in the land that G-d gave to us!

[pillsburydoughboy47]

you haven't played Bioshock have you?

rather than write a book, the creator of Bioshock SHOWED US, what would happen, if Rand had her way.

[danmanjones]

is this the same israel ministry of foreign affairs that pays people to write pro-israeli comments in blogs?

[danndan6]

every single foreign ministry in the world does that. so why am i not surprised that you would single out israel? this is the foreign ministry that does more to help it's enemy than arab countries do to help their "friend".

[danmanjones]

help. Is that what they call ethnic cleansing & open-air prisons these days?

[danndan6]

open air prisons? do you mean a security barrier that stops 95% of all suicide bombings? having a security barrier doesnt put them in a prison. you play double standards against israel. ethnic cleansing? like the 600,000 arabs being invited to come to the land during the 1920's or the 900,000 jews being ethnically cleansed from arab countries?

[danmanjones]

open-air prison or concentration camp. you can choose the terminology you prefer.

i'll ignore your biased historical analysis.

[daderone]

Hamas, Change Your Charters Containing Anti-Semitic Propaganda and calling for the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel.

Stop the rocket fire. Today a kassam was launched into S. Israel.

Israel seeks a partner for peace. Commit to peace and recognize Israel. Peace is precarious.

[Wheelz77]

Excuse my ignorance, but do the Palestinian civilians have media oportunity to see or hear these spirited efforts made by the Israeli govt. or are they hidden from their ears?

What are the sentiments of the inocent working people in Gaza? Are they longing for these efforts to succeed or are they forced to align their thinking with the extremists?

(Much of what we in the west hear is very biased by the media)

[Bevan30000]

Well done Israel

Israel is following through on the policies outlined by Netanyahu. Including the developement of the West Bank economy. Concrete steps such as these are proof of Israel's intent of peace and moving forward.

[abbienetvision]

What happened just a few months ago in Israel? On (3/16) 2 checkpoints were dismantled in Nablus. Just a few hours later, 2 Israeli police men were ambushed. The police stopped to help a car with a flat tire and they were ambushed.

This is what happens when checkpoints don't exist!

These checkpoints had approx. every 10 days an attemped attack. Now 2 men are dead, one was 50 raising 3 kids by himself (the youngest 16 now.) The other officer was 42 yo

[Bevan30000]

That is truly shocking and my heart felt sympathies are with the innocent victims families.

It is a reminder of the harsh arithmetic of pain Israel faces. Concessions made by the Israeli government are payed for with the lives of innocent Israeli civilians and only add strength to Palestinian extremitsm.

[abbienetvision]

Lets see the results of Israel concessions for peace:

Gaza pullout (8,000 Jews forced out of their homes and businesses) resulted in constant rocket fire from Gaza into Israel.

The land in the north that was freed also of Jews, brought on more terror.

The Oslo process brought on the Intifada.

Gilad Shalit remains in Gaza or dead, with nobody seeing him and against all rights for POWs and no human rights.

We cannot keep giving for the same result, terror, if none of the past ideas worked!

[abbienetvision]

We shouldn't do anything with the Palis until Gilad Shalit, held against every rule of International law, is returned and found in good health.

Israel constantly giving in to terrorist demands is not in our best interest.

The Palis have had a great chance to build a society in Gaza, where it has been ethnically cleansed of Jews, but have they?