Word: olmert
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...lead in raising the the alarm about the Iranian nuclear program, agrees that Ahmadinejad doesn't have the cattle to match his hat: "Iran is far from attaining the technology threshhold and this country is not close to getting it, contrary to statements by its leadership," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday...
...Unsurprisingly, the Israelis don't see it that way. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday vowed that the army would carry out "pin-point" operations using helicopter gunships to halt the rockets pouring out of Gaza. He ruled out a larger assault on the Palestinian enclave in Gaza, according to several military sources, because aside from causing more damage to civilian Palestinian homes, it is doubtful that a big offensive could stop the rocket crews. A drawn-out siege in Gaza last summer, sparked by the capture of an Israeli corporal, killed hundreds of Palestinians but failed to halt...
...Olmert is already in a political muddle, and another potentially inconclusive assault in Gaza won't help. A major ground offensive at this moment would not help the Israeli Prime Minister's fortunes. Olmert will need to focus all of his boisterous charm next week just to keep his government from crumbling. Additionally, an inquiry into Israel's messy summer 2006 war in Lebanon is due out on Monday, and it is expected to lambaste Olmert and his novice Defense Minister Amir Peretz. Furthermore, the danger exists that militants could retaliate by executing the captive Israeli soldier...
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert re-opened peace negotiations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday, after Hamas agreed on March 15 to govern in a coalition with Fatah...
...Hamas, which will require speaking directly to both sides, dealing with people who are perfectly comfortable issuing pro forma statements about Israeli "atrocities." Actually, President Giuliani would be ideally positioned, in a Nixon-to-China way, to broker a Middle East peace deal. The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert recently told me that he considers Giuliani a trusted friend. If Rudy said, "Ehud, time to talk," could Olmert say no? But would Giuliani ever have the patience to stow his combative moral absolutism and do the diplomatic dance...