[lbo-talk] Olmert retreats from political firestorm after linking Lebanon to West Bank plan

ravi gadfly at exitleft.org
Thu Aug 3 14:34:24 PDT 2006



>From the unreality-based world news:

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=4d0d97d2-7599-4232-9df8-35edc174143f&k=60421


> Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ignited a political firestorm by telling
> the Associated Press that Israel's Lebanon offensive will boost his
> proposal to withdraw from much of the West Bank.
>
> In the interview Wednesday - his first since fighting broke out three
> weeks ago - Olmert said he believed the Lebanon conflict will lead to
> a "new order that will provide more stability" and "create a new
> momentum between us and the Palestinians."
>
> The response was angry and swift.
>
> Right wingers accused him of risking the lives of Israeli soldiers in
> Lebanon in order to uproot Jews from their homes. Some West Bank
> settlers were so outraged they said they would refuse to fight.
>
> Olmert retreated from a confrontation, saying in a statement late
> Wednesday that he was giving full attention to managing the conflict
> in Lebanon, which had "nothing to do with future political measures
> in other areas."
>
> [...]

--ravi

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