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Olmert offers 'bold ideas'
The Washington Times ^ | May 24, 2006 | Joseph Curl

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; hamas; israel; olmert; olmertvisit

1 posted on 05/24/2006 1:11:13 AM PDT by monkapotamus
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2 posted on 05/24/2006 1:12:12 AM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: monkapotamus

The guy has a serious combover going on. His wife should convince him to do away with it.


3 posted on 05/24/2006 4:59:36 AM PDT by csvset
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Give him a break..... he was buddies with W before either was national leader. He offered a carrot and a club to Hamas.


4 posted on 05/24/2006 5:01:20 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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To: monkapotamus

Since when is appeasing terrorism bold?


5 posted on 05/24/2006 9:15:19 AM PDT by Honestfreedom
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