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...Israeli expert, Yossi Olmert, spoke on Israel radio and said his information came from evidence supplied to Britain and Hindawi's own testimony. He did not elaborate...
Though Sharon remains a controversial figure in his country, many Israelis were sympathetic to his case. Knesset Member Ehud Olmert, who was a witness for Sharon at the trial, praised the case as "a mark of honor both to Sharon and the state of Israel." But many of those who hoped Sharon would win his suit still held him accountable for the troubles that followed the country's war in Lebanon. Al Hamishmar, a Hebrew-language daily, hailed the jury's initial finding of defamation, but went on to say that "the court . . . was not asked to, and could...
...think the Palestinian issue is a problem," Olmert admits, but it's not the primary one. The Arab countries, who haven't been able to reconcile our existence are using the Palestinians as a tool to fight Israel Before 1967, the Arabs had the borders they say they want us to return to now. So what's the problem in their eyes if not our very existence. If they were concerned about the Palestinians, why didn't they--the richest countries in the world--do something about...
...need to talk with the Palestinians, and certainly not with Arafat," says Olmert. "He's not their leader." The Palestinians already have a state and spokesman--Jordan. Let the Palestinians talk with Hussein and make an arrangement on the east bank of the Jordan for some sort of state...
...Israel should keep the West Bank" says Olmert. "If the Palestinians want to solve any national aspirations they might have by creating a separate nation, this is not the place...