Olmert will now talk....
Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, resisted fresh calls yesterday for early and substantive negotiations to end the conflict with the Palestinians with a declaration that their President, Mahmoud Abbas, was "powerless" to speak for his people.
On the eve of his first visit to Washington as premier, Mr Olmert said in an interview with CNN that while he respected Mr Abbas personally, "he is helpless. He is unable even to stop the minimal terror activities amongst the Palestinians."
Olmert snubs Palestinian talks ahead of US visit
22 May 2006
22 May 2006
A visit by British Prime Minister Tony Blair has spurred expressions of willingness by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to resume negotiations.
Olmert said Sunday that Israel must resume talks with the Palestinians, and create a "new horizon" regarding ties with its neighbors.
"The time has come to renew the diplomatic negotiations with the Palestinians, in order to create a new horizon not just with the Palestinians, but with all the states in the region," Olmert told the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.
Olmert, Abbas say ready for talks without preconditions
10 September 2006
10 September 2006
What a difference an ill conceived war makes? Olmert is now ready to talk to Abbas. Has any Israeli Prime Minister ever been forced to make so many U-turns in such a short amount of time?
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