"Annan, who telephoned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said he spoke with Syrian President Basher Assad and with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and urged them to aid in the release of the kidnapped soldier. He asked Olmert for Israel to act with restraint in its operations against the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip."
Thanks Annan. It would have probably have been just as helpful to have simply farted into the receiver.
LOL
If he had farted it would have been a more intelligent comment.