the most absolutely close-minded terrorists ask others to be more open-minded? that's just a testimony to what close-mindedness does - makes you so stupid you don't know when you publicly contradict yourself. mashaal is actually the best advertisement against himself and hamas.

..to anyone," he said in his interview. Then he was briefed on the latest field operations directed at Sderot, Ashkelon, and at the sworn enemy . . .

Current proposals like the Road Map are totally unworkable and should be abandoned. Considering the fact that the only possible relations between the Muslims and the non-Muslims are war or a limited ceasefire, it follows that the word “peace” should be deleted from Israel’s lexicon as well as the notion of peace with the Arabs as a viable, political possibility. The maximum that Israel can aim for is a limited ceasefire or an armistice, taking into consideration that the Arab side will violate it at any time, as the Palestinians have been proving on a daily basis since the signing of the Oslo Accords in September 1993. The solution to the Israelo-Arab problem should be find elsewhere as explained at : http://xrl.us/bi7ku

i wonder why??? You all think Olmert is inept and is trying to ruin the country.....wait till you see what Obama is does!

Sir, let Khalid Mashal recognise and talk directly to Israel,before appealinfg to Obama issy

Tell Mashaal to open a vein first.

what you are unwilling to create for yourselves. Dialogue begins with Hamas making peace first among your own people for, without a unified voice you have not possibility of making peace with Israel. And without an acceptance of reality, that Israel, not the US is your neighbor and strategic partner talk is mere rhetoric, and rhetoric is empty political double-speak. Rid yourself of the deception that the US can impose a settlement that you cannot achieve for yourself. Israel is reality. Enemy or partner, that is your only choice.

they mean now we can have peace because someone will listen to us terrorists... what would they say in these talks? ok we want israel destroyed and all their land and its an occupation even though we didnt care about it before Israel was created, and it was a desert before the Israelis came but we want it now cuz they made it sweet? Obama shouldnt be so nieve to talk to people who won't listen to the other side. or worse pretend to then try to kill them

These idiots assume that because this president elect is black, he will sympathize with them... Little do they know that there is no love lost between arab immigrants and african americans who hate all immigrants because of their financial status... Tony Rezko, a pal of Obama, is now rotting in jail because he ripped off Chicago's housing authority that was supposed to cater to minorities and left those poor sools freezing in run down buildings he was supposed to renovate... Many arab americans in Chicago who were associated with Rezko are now heading to the "big house" too...

Have Mashaal call Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Israel Emanuel, whose paternal uncle, Emanuel Auerbach, was killed in a skirmish with Arabs in Jerusalem. His father, the Jerusalem-born Benjamin M. Emanuel, is a pediatrician and former member of the Irgun.