Palestinians and Syrians accused Olmert of derailing the suicidal Israeli-Palestinian “peace talks.” The Palestinians denied any substantial progress on the borders, and the Syrians refused severing ties with Iran as a condition of peace with Israel.
Ehud Barak was ready to give up Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem under virtually no conditions. Netanyahu gave Hebron to Palestinians. But Olmert, a shrewd politician, withstands the immense pressure to surrender Judea, Samaria, and the Golan Heights to Arabs.
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He must be doing something right if the leftists are trying to take him out with this latest scandal to replace him with the even more suicidally passive livni.