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...release could lay the groundwork for a wider truce between Israel and the Palestinian authorities. Hamas sources say their militant leaders are offering a cease-fire and will stop lobbing rockets into Israel from Gaza if Israel lifts its blockade on the Palestinian coastal strip. Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres also made clear Tuesday that the return of Shalit would likely be followed by talks between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Olmert - a significant development since Abbas looks set to work together with Hamas in a national unity government...
Such questioning could, in turn, prompt Olmert to conclude he needs to sustain the fight until he can end it in a way that clearly rewards his gamble. "Israel must emerge from this war as a winner, or else the war will continue," says Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres. That's an equation that could make for a conflict even longer and nastier than the one that has already surpassed either party's bellicose ambitions...
...unilateral "disengagement" from the Palestinians. As Sharon's heir and successor, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert also knows that one day a Palestinian state will come. The belief is nearly universal. "We know we can't wind this up with guns and tanks," Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres told TIME. "The final solution has to be done diplomatically...
...Olmert chose Peretz, a Moroccan-born ex-union leader, as Defense Minister earlier this year, questions arose about his qualifications; like Olmert himself, Peretz lacked the military command experience almost all Israeli political leaders have possessed. Defense wasn't even the cabinet position he wanted. Last fall, he defeated Shimon Peres for Labour's top post and pulled his party out of Sharon's coalition, forcing Sharon to call new elections. Peretz tried to leverage Labour's second-place finish into a prominent cabinet post. He wanted Finance, but had to settle for Defense...
...Operation is called Summer Rain, and it is, one could argue, negotiation by other means - a threatening demonstration that Israel is ready to strike and do whatever is necessary to recover its soldier. Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres told CNN that the operation was the result of frustrations built up in recent days that left Israel "without a choice...