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...moment that seems likely. Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah says that the group would only release the Israeli solders as part of a negotiated prisoner exchange. But Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is holding the Lebanese government accountable. Thus Lebanese are bracing for what one Beirut newspaper is calling Israel's signature strategy of collective punishment...
...Professor Galia Golan, Professor of Government at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya believes that, for the moment, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will have widespread popular support to launch a strong response, since the attack was unprovoked and will naturally heighten the sense of a nation that will never be accepted by its neighbors...
...quick trials in military tribunals that Raji Sourani, the director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, calls "kangaroo courts." Why does the Israeli government appear so inflexible about releasing prisoners at this time? Abbas and Israeli government sources say that at a private meeting in June, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised to release some prisoners as a goodwill gesture. But that was before Shalit was taken. The Israelis worry that capitulation now would encourage further abductions. And they refuse to have terms dictated to them. Though the captors initially demanded the release of more than 1,000 prisoners, both...
...right. The Israeli offensive sent a message not just to the militants holding Shalit but also to the Palestinian leadership, which Israel accuses of abetting rising violence against Israeli soldiers and citizens. A senior Israeli security official says some members of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government believe the crisis is an opportunity to smash the authority of Hamas, the militant organization that won control of the Palestinian Authority in elections earlier this year. That aim became evident when Israeli forces arrested eight Palestinian Cabinet ministers and 40 Hamas parliamentarians in the West Bank, who may be charged with membership...
...Gaza kidnapping drama highlights a problem facing Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert reminiscent of the famous complaint of fictional Godfather Michael Corleone: "Just when I thought that I was out, they pull me back...