links for 2008-01-13
Olmert critical of outpost remaining, calls it a shame
Abbas announes negotiating teams to meet Jan 14
Leiberman threats to withdraw from coalition
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Then there are the dozens of schools named after suicide bombers. There are the recent textbooks that teach that Palestine was stolen by "Zionist gangs" and deny any Jewish connection to the land. There are the official PA maps and emblems that depict Pal
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The poll said that Olmert’s party would win only 10 seats, far behind Likud with 28, the centre-left Labour party with 21, and the ultra-Orthodox Shas party with 11. Kadima at present has 29 seats and works in coalition with other parties.
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The idea of a Palestinian state as the sole homeland for Palestinian refugees is “totally unacceptable to us and can in no way commit our people and the next generations,” Mr. Haniya said.
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At a dinner with Mr. Olmert and senior members of his fractious coalition on Thursday night, Mr. Bush urged them to get behind Mr. Olmert, despite their political difference
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Olmert can take some comfort in his enormous improvement among Kadima supporters: 63 percent of whom said that as far as they are concerned, Olmert can keep his job in the Prime Minister’s Office
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Among the recommendations were new procedures for convening the security cabinet and for improving coordination between the PMO and the Foreign Ministry.
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Now the public wants to punish Olmert for letting the army walk over him. He is guilty for believing the army, for believing its commanders, for believing the general staff and above all, Dan Halutz.
