Posted on 05/24/2006 1:11:11 AM PDT by monkapotamus
Olmert offers 'bold ideas'
By Joseph Curl
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 24, 2006
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stood shoulder to shoulder with President Bush at the White House yesterday and asserted that his nation will not "be held hostage" by the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority.
Mr. Olmert said that if the Hamas terrorist group refuses negotiations for peace, "we will be compelled to try a different route."
The new Israeli leader, laying out what Mr. Bush called "bold ideas," proposed a unilateral redrawing of West Bank borders should Hamas continue to reject negotiations and should Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the Bush administration's preferred point man, fail to persuade Hamas leaders to enter talks on the U.S.-backed "road map" to peace.
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The guy has a serious combover going on. His wife should convince him to do away with it.
Give him a break..... he was buddies with W before either was national leader. He offered a carrot and a club to Hamas.
Since when is appeasing terrorism bold?
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