Olmert's Lame-Duck Epiphany About Palestinian Peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Time by Scott MacLeod - September 29, 2008 - 8:00pm He is a former leader in the rightist Likud Party who for decades staunchly believed that the West Bank and Gaza Strip belonged to the Jewish people and that the territories, along with the Golan Heights, should remain part of Greater Israel forever. Along with former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert gradually came to understand that this was a fantasy. They broke away from Likud and created the centrist Kadima ("Onward") Party three years ago. |