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...Authority (PA). Nevertheless, supporting the Palestinian people is a noble goal; therefore, humanitarian aid should continue to flow through organizations such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Following the attacks, Israel could have launched a campaign of retribution and broad destruction of Palestinian infrastructure. Rather, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took measured steps to stop travel in select, dangerous areas of the West Bank and to target only leaders of Islamic Jihad. This is the type of restraint that needs to be shown on both sides of the conflict in order for true peace to eventually emerge...
...Israel's Prime Minister-elect Ehud Olmert held Hamas responsible for attack, but declined to order a military response. This might be a canny "give-'em-enough-rope" move on Israel's part - Israeli restraint may give Hamas's own reaction time to harden the support of wavering Europeans for a strategy of isolating the new Palestinian government. But Israel's reluctance to take direct action against the Hamas-led government also reflects a certain realpolitik: As much as Israel would like to see Hamas fail, its security chiefs are also aware that there is no credible alternative - President Abbas...
...read more of the interview with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, go to time.com
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with TIME World Editor Romesh Ratnesar for a two-hour interview at Olmert?s home in Jerusalem. Here are excerpts from their discussion...
...saying, ?I'm not going to make any decision tomorrow except changing all your staff.? At the end of the meeting I stood up and said ?Arik, this country needs you. Stay well. Come back. I am looking forward to hearing your voice on the phone tomorrow saying ?Ehud I relieve you of your responsibilities. I'm back in town.'? Then I hugged him and he hugged me, and I said goodbye. I want to remember that...