PM Olmert pushing for deal with Palestinians to impose on Israel
Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 22 August 2008

Maariv correspondent Ben Caspit reports in today's edition that Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert is pushing hard to reach a deal with PA head Mahmoud
Abbas before he leaves office. American businessman Daniel Abram recently
met with Abbas a number of times to encourage Abbas to reach an agreement
with Olmert.

According to Caspit, Olmert tells his circle that if he reaches a deal with
Abbas "the president of the United States will adopt the wording, the world
with adopt it, the European Union, also the Arab world. We can tell the
Israeli People that this is what can be achieved after long years of
negotiations and the Nation will decide."

Put another way: Olmert intends to create a situation according to which
the Israeli public will be put in the situation that rejection of the deal
means rejection of a plan already embraced by the entire world - with all
the consequences.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
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