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...shift. There is no doubt about that," says an Arab official. "But how deep, how strong this effort is going to be--it's too early to tell." The first test will come later this month, when Rice plans to convene a summit in Jerusalem between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
...evacuation of Gaza was supposed to be the first step in Israel's "disengagement" from the Palestinians, followed by withdrawal from settlements in the more historically and strategically important West Bank. Those plans were shelved last year by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, as conflicts with militants from Hizballah and Hamas soured many Israeli officials on the idea of giving up any more ground. But Olmert is weighing a pullout again. The Bush Administration has signaled a new determination to forge a comprehensive peace between Israel and the Palestinians. And the success of those negotiations will hinge in part on whether...
...president's looming indictment is the latest installment in a seemingly endless chain of corruption and sex scandals rocking the Israeli political establishment. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces a criminal probe over his role in a bank privatization; the justice minister is up for sexual harassment; the finance minister for corruption, as is the country...
...political response to the resignation of Israel top military man, Lt. General Dan Halutz, is a portent about a coming shakedown in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's cabinet...
...Winograd Commission, is completed next month. If the report blames Peretz, he will then resign or consent to be moved to a lesser cabinet post, his aides say. The defense portfolio would most likely go to one of Peretz's two challengers as Labor leader, either ex-Prime Minister Ehud Barak or Ami Ayalon, who both have strong military and security backgrounds...