Speaking at the IDC conference in Herzliya, Olmert declared that in order to achieve peace with the Palestinians, the next government would need to give them more than Barak has offered. The implication is that Israel would have to dismantle more or less all settlements, making 220,000 Jews homeless, and give Arabs the Temple Mount.
Olmert confirmed a long-standing rumor that he had offered Abbas an agreement half a year ago which conceded the Temple Mount to Palestinian terrorists. Abbas, predictably, refused—he cannot concede any territory to Jews.
The government is falling victim to its policy of incremental concessions: Palestinians digest the concessions and demand still more.
But there is a less costly way for peace with the Palestinians: expelling them.
